And let’s not mention the crashing birth rate.
— RFinlay (@RobertAFinlay) July 3, 2023
Oh, and the B.C. Govt just made birth control free. pic.twitter.com/wza9EPSsAc
Global decline in fertility rates…
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but we don't need to worry about the birth rate because we have people pouring across the southern border.
Too Rich And Comfortable To Want Kids
The Wall Street Journal reports that hospitals nationwide are shuttering their maternity wards because people are having that many fewer children. Excerpt:
Now, when times aren't materially difficult compared to ages past times of war, disease, widespread poverty, and so forth people choose not to reproduce. 'Why?
The friend and reader who sent me that link added this quote from Malcolm Muggeridge:
The Wall Street Journal reports that hospitals nationwide are shuttering their maternity wards because people are having that many fewer children. Excerpt:
The birth rates are in collapse everywhere in the world save for Africa. The poorest continent is also the one most open to life. I have never understood how it is that every generation in the West had much more materially difficult lives than we do today, and yet they all chose to have families. My own dad was born in the teeth of the Great Depression. His older sister died in childbirth at home in rural Louisiana, but his mother and father decided to have another baby, and that was how he came along. Few people, relatively speaking, really thought about whether or not they should or shouldn't have kids. It was just something you did, no matter how hard times were.Quote:
Roughly 2.2 million women of childbearing age lived in so-called maternity deserts in 2020, according to March of Dimes, which it defined as counties without a hospital, a birth center, and doctors and nurse midwives with experience delivering babies. The 1,052 counties on the list represented an increase of 70 counties since 2016, the nonprofit's latest analysis found.
Women in remote rural communities are more likely to give birth too early after losing a local maternity unit, research shows. Babies born preterm are at higher risk of death, disabilities or chronic health issues, such as asthma. Women who give birth in rural hospitals that deliver fewer babies are also at higher risk for serious complications, such as acute kidney failure, research shows.
Now, when times aren't materially difficult compared to ages past times of war, disease, widespread poverty, and so forth people choose not to reproduce. 'Why?
The friend and reader who sent me that link added this quote from Malcolm Muggeridge:
-Rod DreherQuote:
So the final conclusion would surely be that whereas other civilizations have been brought down by attacks of barbarians from without, ours had the unique distinction of training its own destroyers at its own educational institutions, and then providing them with facilities for propagating their destructive ideology far and wide, all at the public expense.
Thus did Western Man decide to abolish himself, creating his own boredom out of his own affluence, his own vulnerability out of his own strength, his own impotence out of his own erotomania, himself blowing the trumpet that brought the walls of his own city tumbling down, and having convinced himself that he was too numerous, labored with pill and scalpel and syringe to make himself fewer. Until at last, having educated himself into imbecility, and polluted and drugged himself into stupefaction, he keeled over--a weary, battered old brontosaurus--and became extinct.
They should trumpet the devastated women that never had children or never had the chance even with what the left wrought upon them with their nonsense. It's so sad to witness if you've seen it up close.
Add to that most people have no clue what's going to happen to them these next many months financially and they should consider that one is never going to be financially secure enough for a family and they should start before it's too late.
The house of cards cometh. Bookmark this.
Add to that most people have no clue what's going to happen to them these next many months financially and they should consider that one is never going to be financially secure enough for a family and they should start before it's too late.
The house of cards cometh. Bookmark this.
Economic incentives aren't working. One effective method many societies have used has been stigmatizing childless people and conferring status and prestige on parents. That isn't going to happen in our lifetimes. https://t.co/AGB2ELHOsz
— Rob Henderson (@robkhenderson) August 31, 2023
Recently heard @epkaufm on a podcast saying in the short term, people are becoming more secular but in the long run, because of differential fertility patterns, the religious shall inherit the earth. https://t.co/hduaLGL7JH
— Rob Henderson (@robkhenderson) September 3, 2023
“If current birth and death rates continue, the last Italian would be born in 2225 and the last Italian on earth would disappear in 2307,” https://t.co/MqD5e0v37Z
— True Discipline (@TruueDiscipline) September 6, 2023
NYT Opinion Today
— Te𝕏asLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) September 18, 2023
Sane: “Children born today will likely live to see the end of global population growth. Humanity will not reach a plateau and then stabilize. It will begin an unprecedented decline.”
Insane: “It would be tempting to welcome depopulation as a boon to the… pic.twitter.com/xITyU5aeu0
In 2022, the TFR of the World was around 2.23 children per woman. This was still slightly above the global replacement level of 2.18. Humanity will likely drop below replacement level this or next year.
— Birth Gauge (@BirthGauge) September 9, 2023
contrario said:
Why must the population sustain itself? Why would it be a bad thing for there to be less people?
Although I'm sure the Gaia worshippers would love to have fewer people despoiling their temple, there is another sacred cow of theirs this gores though I doubt they are intelligent enough to realize it.
Fewer people = a complete collapse of every social insurance scheme in the western world with the future recipients left holding the bag.
...and while you may say that you'll save and invest so that you won't be relying on social security nobody escapes the coming collapse of Medicare unless you (1) have Bill Gates money or (2) leave the country for retirement.
Realitybites said:contrario said:
Why must the population sustain itself? Why would it be a bad thing for there to be less people?
Although I'm sure the Gaia worshippers would love to have fewer people despoiling their temple, there is another sacred cow of theirs this gores though I doubt they are intelligent enough to realize it.
Fewer people = a complete collapse of every social insurance scheme in the western world with the future recipients left holding the bag.
...and while you may say that you'll save and invest so that you won't be relying on social security nobody escapes the coming collapse of Medicare unless you (1) have Bill Gates money or (2) leave the country for retirement.
Bingo
At the very least modern society requires a replacement level fertility rate to work…and even then it would be tough to keep things going.
Negative growth is a recipe for civilizational collapse.
Some large countries like Pakistan and Nigeria boost Muslim demography while others keep plummeting.
— Global Demographics (@nonebusinesshey) October 5, 2023
Tunisia hit 1.71 TFR in 2022.
Iran's TFR was 1.56 in 2022
Turkey's TFR was 1.62 in 2022
Egypt's TFR ~ 2.6 likely this year
Jordanian TFR was 2.5 in 2022
Indonesia ~2.1 in 2022 https://t.co/b0YEQFDe9M
The Canadian birth rate has dropped to historical lows — a trend that is likely connected to the crushing price of housing for young people looking to start families, per the National Post.
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) October 13, 2023
30 years ago people spoke about Latin America the way they talk about Africa now — 30 years from now we’re going to be surprised how many African countries have seen TFR fall like a brick. https://t.co/UOOPBfDypI
— Deep South SR 🌴⛪️ (@AJiazhang) October 18, 2023
"As the family goes, so goes the nation, and so goes the whole world in which we live." - St. John Paul II pic.twitter.com/T7FZce20qp
— Eliana (@ElianaSaade) October 22, 2023
2.1 is replacement level pic.twitter.com/x6gHr4sC4c
— Battle Beagle (@HarmlessYardDog) October 27, 2023
“birth rates are always falling faster than you think, even if you take into account that birth rates are falling faster than you think. Every time we take a closer look at a particular country or region,fertility figures turn out to be lower than expected”https://t.co/2D0gbG53XS
— Rob Henderson (@robkhenderson) November 9, 2023
Japan plans to make ¥100,000 handouts for pregnant women — starting from when they get pregnant to after they give birth — a permanent fixture in fiscal 2025. https://t.co/gnWWV6JNiw
— The Japan Times (@japantimes) November 9, 2023
Leading pundits and economists ignore perhaps the biggest reason why the United States keeps outperforming Europe: Europe has had low birthrates for so long that now it is disproportionately old people.
— More Births (@MoreBirths) November 10, 2023
The United States would be dark blue on this map. https://t.co/9WSNyJHk24 pic.twitter.com/Vz4aHqFEGF
Leaders around the world, from East Asia to Eastern Europe, are trying hard to encourage a culture where people have children.
— More Births (@MoreBirths) November 11, 2023
They face an uphill battle because America and the West lead in global cultural power.
When will American leaders talk about the low fertility crisis? https://t.co/DSC3liUUuR
The U.S. will enter the 22nd century with a shrinking population unless immigration increases, according to new Census Bureau projections published today https://t.co/BdT09Ym3wF
— Axios (@axios) November 13, 2023
boognish_bear said:The U.S. will enter the 22nd century with a shrinking population unless immigration increases, according to new Census Bureau projections published today https://t.co/BdT09Ym3wF
— Axios (@axios) November 13, 2023
Where do they think they are gonna get these immigrants in the future....from Mars?
At the rate the world is dropping in fertility there will not be a single nation with replacement level fertility rates in 2100....probably much sooner than that.
Already today only one region on earth has a decently high fertility rate and that is SSA...and its dropping fast.
For instance Burkina Faso went from 6.5 kids in 2000 to only 4.5 kids per woman today in 2023....at that rate decline it will be below replacement in 25 years.
And there is no reason to think Burkina Faso is some kind of outlier in Africa.
The USA has got to increase its birth rate at home...and to rely on endless immigration to solve the problem.
Until life in the US becomes affordable again for young people it's hard to see this changing...Redbrickbear said:boognish_bear said:The U.S. will enter the 22nd century with a shrinking population unless immigration increases, according to new Census Bureau projections published today https://t.co/BdT09Ym3wF
— Axios (@axios) November 13, 2023
The USA has got to increase its birth rate at home...and to rely on endless immigration to solve the problem.
boognish_bear said:Until life in the US becomes affordable again for young people it's hard to see this changing...Redbrickbear said:boognish_bear said:The U.S. will enter the 22nd century with a shrinking population unless immigration increases, according to new Census Bureau projections published today https://t.co/BdT09Ym3wF
— Axios (@axios) November 13, 2023
The USA has got to increase its birth rate at home...and to rely on endless immigration to solve the problem.
Agree,
But at best mass immigration is a short term fix to a very long term problem.
There are just not going to be enough in 50 years to keep this scam going
An astonishing paper this week finds that population explains *virtually all* of the difference in GDP growth in advanced economies over the last 30 years!
— More Births (@MoreBirths) November 21, 2023
"From 1998 to 2019, Japan has grown slightly faster than the U.S. in terms of per working-age adult."
🧵, please share! pic.twitter.com/vlRDtUXLNw
Swartzentrubers may have the highest tfr from all identifiable groups in the world. The below table is from 'The Varying Fertilities of the Amish Groups of Holmes County, Ohio' published in November 29, 2022. 10.42 is just crazy. I always thought it's in 8-9 range. pic.twitter.com/qvhAd1X2UO
— Max (@ComteWasRight) November 22, 2023
Must Watch: Rare 1994 Video Shows David Rockefeller Advocating For Depopulation Of The Planet:
— Blake (@_BlakeHabyan) November 29, 2023
At the 1994 Annual UN Ambassadors' Dinner, David Rockefeller calls for the reduction of the world’s population.
The clip gets even more concerning when he references… pic.twitter.com/9M7kswVF1d
contrario said:
Why must the population sustain itself? Why would it be a bad thing for there to be less people?
Fewer people will result in the collapse of the welfare state that provides employment and wealth to your overlords.
Redbrickbear said:Leaders around the world, from East Asia to Eastern Europe, are trying hard to encourage a culture where people have children.
— More Births (@MoreBirths) November 11, 2023
They face an uphill battle because America and the West lead in global cultural power.
When will American leaders talk about the low fertility crisis? https://t.co/DSC3liUUuR
You can either have women getting married and having large families or you can have feminism, but you can't have both. Joe Biden's pregnant fighter pilots aren't going to be popping out 3 or 4 kids to reverse demographic decline.
Incredible fertility numbers coming out of South Korea--only 0.54 births per woman in Seoul.
— Dr. hbd nrx 🐸 (@HbdNrx) November 29, 2023
I suspect that in addition to all of the other factors that we occasionally talk about such as economics and tech, South Korea must have some significant social contagion issues. https://t.co/TPCq7B0zMY
How low can fertility go?
— More Births (@MoreBirths) November 29, 2023
South Korea's newest stats show an impossibly low fertility of 0.7 births per woman, 1/3 of replacement. This is a national collapse, and at this point nothing matters more for the future of 🇰🇷 than reviving birthrates. Please share these solutions.🧵 https://t.co/arV6ktiWQP pic.twitter.com/SVnI5Mr7fC