tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post4993220484576740314..comments2024-03-28T09:46:24.020+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : 'Europe 2050: Demographic Suicide'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-20432568716988624412020-02-23T13:18:55.162+02:002020-02-23T13:18:55.162+02:00Selling contraceptives was illegal in the French R...Selling contraceptives was illegal in the French Republic, which was strictly secular and godless, until the 1960s to preserve the French race. It is amazing that it is taking so long for governments to get round to encouraging women to have lots of children - congratulations to Hungary, Poland and yes Putin - no doubt Boris will copy them. Eventually.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-24496366826028607212020-02-23T11:11:12.256+02:002020-02-23T11:11:12.256+02:00We are a long way off a world without children.
O...<em>We are a long way off a world without children.</em><br /><br />Of course I was exaggerating. But we're close to having a world with very few children. To an extent that would have been unthinkable in the mid-20th century.<br /><br />I suspect that fertility rates will go up and down but that the overall trend will continue downwards. It's quite possible they'll stabilise at about half the replacement rate. Singapore is already below that. We're not just looking at declining populations but rapidly declining populations, to an extent unprecedented in history.<br /><br />Give it another century and we could have a largely depopulated world. dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-44062171983446331162020-02-23T07:29:11.981+02:002020-02-23T07:29:11.981+02:00'As African living standards continue to rise ...'As African living standards continue to rise their birth rates will collapse, as has happened everywhere else.' Yes certainly (in Botswana it is 2.7) but before this happens the proportion of the world population that is African will hugely increase.<br />With AI many jobs that were done by unskilled and skilled workers and professionals (think of auditors) can be mechanised. We are a long way off a world without children.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-13191768168534492482020-02-23T05:50:26.671+02:002020-02-23T05:50:26.671+02:00A more certain thing is that, as African living st...<em>A more certain thing is that, as African living standards continue to rise, more and more Africans will know about life in the Western Europe </em><br /><br />As African living standards continue to rise their birth rates will collapse, as has happened everywhere else.<br /><br />Our modern global society has a built-in self-destruct mechanism. As GDPs rise, as prosperity increases, as consumption grows, birth rates plummet. Capitalism plus urbanisation plus consumerism plus liberalism equals catastrophically low birth rates. <br /><br />Our economic model is not sustainable. Not because of depletion of resources or environmental factors but simply because our economic model leads inevitably to a world without children. But capitalism will fight tooth and nail to avoid admitting that it is leading to its own destruction and the complete destruction of society.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-15997510399229589852020-02-22T23:54:14.119+02:002020-02-22T23:54:14.119+02:00Shrine to Migrants in St. Peter’s Square
http://s...Shrine to Migrants in St. Peter’s Square<br /><br />http://studiomatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Schiffer-UNAWARES.jpgTomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.com