South Korea to China: Why is East Asia producing so few babies?
South Korea to China: Why is East Asia producing so few babies?
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South Korea to China: Why is East Asia producing so few babies?
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Answer: too much working and not enough fucking.
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Also... in this economy?
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Additionally: in THOSE shoes?
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The first part yes, the second part not really. Pleanty of fucking, just not baby making.
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How do you know there's plenty of fucking going on in East Asia? Are you in the Ministry of Surveillance, bedroom edition? 😛
Seriously, though, overwork can indeed destroy the sex lives of people completely and when an extreme work ethic is the cultural norm, it logically follows that the people aren't going to have as much sex as they otherwise would.
In the case of China, it probably doesn't help that the one child policy was so recent that having more than one child is likely still considered strange if not downright wrong.
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Ask them to work more hours with less pay and no accommodation or ability to own one. See if that helps.
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Feminists didn't want to have babies anymore, they want to be boss bitches instead.
Not bad at all but expect lower birth rates as feminist ideology spread around the globe.
TL;DR:The depopulation plan it's going smooth.
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Capitalists: design society to be exceedingly hostile towards raising kids
Also Capitalists: "How come nobody wants to birth new workers for me anymore? 😰"
They tried tax incentives, workplace daycare, changing laws, literally everything besides making a society conducive to raising kids lol
The solution is obviously to take away womens' bodily autonomy.
Unfortunately that solution is tried and true, so the ones that try it will get results that they can then point to as a success. States that banned abortions are already seeing increases in childbirths.
On the plus side, fewer workers means more competition which leads to better wages. This will eventually show corporations that if they want workers they need to pay well. This could well be a turning point.
This is only true under the assumption that corporations cannot turn the state to enforce forced labor, which has precedent in the past. I don't think it's highly likely in this day and age, outside of some fascist leaning places but who knows.
Alternative: capitalism is designed around egoism, having children does not really fit in that picture at all.
Making children to pass down genes and the family name definitely fits that picture.
On top of that you have the parents who have kids so someone can take care of them when they are older.
Ah yes, totally capitalism causing it...I forgot how capitalist china is....their one child policy was totally capitalism making that rule.
China has been capitalist since Deng Xiaoping pushed open market reforms beginning in 1978. I’ll grant you the one child policy has nothing to do with capitalism, though. Still doesn’t explain why other nations have similarly low birth rates, though.