Japan ‘on verge of no longer functioning’ after birth rate plummets to record new low
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It was the government doing window guidance that caused their mess, how do you blame the people who made successful companies that gave Japan its first world living standard?
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The more appropriate fix would be no land ownership by people or countries that don't reside in the US, a banishment of investment companies from purchasing houses, and a hard cap of like 5 properties for any individual or company that can be owned as rental properties.
Far too many people/corporations are being landlords as a big business.
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No, that would be barbaric. But even if you can't fix birthrates quickly, if you don't have women and partners in positions where they feel like they can safely have kids, you're going to compound the issue. My understanding is they've had this cultural issue where if you want to work as a woman that kind of really negatively impacts your career long term, and in terms of long term financial security that's awful.
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Sounds like you figured it out, since the debasement of the gold standard we locked away an inelastic good behind a mountain of debt. Then we wonder why nobody has kids.
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They need a sexual revolution , people are too uptight and stuck into their societal norms. I
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I'm not sure how true this statement is. I go to Japan every year and the child care infrastructure there is incredible.
The healthcare is icredible - you can literally summon healthcare assistant if youe kid is sick at any point for free to your home
Then there's incredible public transporatiob system, parks, everything is equipped with child support and even culture heavily respects kids so they can do most things independently.
I think they mean expensive time and desire wise and Japanese still work incredible hours many of which seem to actually negatively impact productivity. People don't feel like such investment is worth it and tbh that could easily shift around with cultural changes but Japan is very allergic to those.
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Europe has strong immigration policies and can easily correct if needed. Italy is already outsourcing most of elderly care to other Europeans - who's caring for Japan's elderly?
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Most likely themselves....
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Surely if just just instill good Christian moral values like forced birth, racism, and tribal isolationism all their problems will be solved.
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Thats not necessarily true. Pension just needs the economy to grow and even with less people the economy can be stimulated through technology. If 1 japanese with technology can produce product equivalent of 1950s 3 Japanese than that's growth.
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Yup and that's how we get headlines like Elderly people in Japan are getting arrested on purpose because they want to go to prison
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They seem to be electing a lot of nationalist anti-immigration cucks. Maybe they should try to fix the problem instead of endlessly complaining about it.
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Yeah, the idea that intelligence can only be inherited is the major flaw to it.
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They've got women's rights but they hate immigration, this outcome is inevitable regardless of socioeconomic equality.
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I assume they were making a point about nationalism and racism in Japan, which is strong to say the least. Especially for dark skinned people.
I assume their comment had nothing to do with Brazil.
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If the Japanese want people to work 80 hour weeks (and go drinking with their boss every night) maybe they should make polyamorous marriage a thing. Kids are a lot easier to deal with if you have help.
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... which is a serious threat to said overlords, ironically.
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That's not the main problem here.
