How South Korea’s birth rate dropped below Japan’s
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Re: How South Korea’s birth rate dropped below Japan’s
#2The only thing they left out in the article is what the effect of pollutants like BPA have on the birthrate. Currently, BPA, an artificial estrogen, is nearly everywhere from food, receipts, and now even clothing. PFAS, BPS, and a host of other pollutants are almost as widespread in many countries that experienced any decent amount of industrialization
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I wouldn't necessarily call it "fueled by western style feminist politics", when it is fueled as much (or even moreso) by "western style incel politics". Furthermore, while it most certainly is an issue over there, it's not so widespread it contributes meaningfully to this particular statistic.
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To be precise the issue is that capitalism will always optimize for "most profit" and little else, simply due to the design of the capitalist "machine". Koreans are simply very very good at capitalism, and the result is a society where most will barely scrape by, constantly working, while those at the top reap massive profits. If you've been paying attention, you can see the same exact thing here in America, with a little more wiggle room due to the wide range of cost of living throughout the country.
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> Capitalism. The problem is capitalism.
Not capitalism but the unfettered capitalism without protection for workers. In a system where humans are treated as "input" for the big machine without income security, said humans will not produce more burden unto themselves.
If having a kid increases the risk of destitution, the rational human will choose to not have them (or at least not have more than 1).
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> western style feminist politics
Care to explain precisely what you mean in this context? Because it's hard not to see this as a dog-whistle for "why can't women just be happy with the caretaker role?" but perhaps you mean something more benign.
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Do you have any data to support this? I always thought the issue was a mix of multiple things including social support, immigration policies, and various other complicated factors.
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Maybe we should run an experiment and cut Korea into two parts, try communism in one part and see how it goes