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Korea shatters its own record for world’s lowest fertility rate

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Re: Korea shatters its own record for world’s lowest fertility rate

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What's the harm? By the end of the century robots will be doing most of the work anyway. People can concentrate on the things that matter to them instead.

Who's going to build and service the robots? Who's going to build the chips necessary to build the robots? Who's going to operate the ships required to move the parts to the destination to be assembled? Who's going to build the ships? Who's going to to secure the shipping lanes? Who's going to grow and process the food? We don't have the parts that we need now to build new cars and tractors. Can we really afford to b…

How many people would you need, in order to build robots? Not many, and most of it'll be automated anyways. And remember the birth rate is not 0.0 it's 0.8. So I think fewer people will be there because we don't need more people. Society will change to accommodate to low birth rates.

Re: Korea shatters its own record for world’s lowest fertility rate

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I don't think low birth rates will be an end of the world. Birth rates and death rates naturally fluctuate. Just because the fertility rate is .8 doesn't mean it'll stay this way. When there'll be a need for people birth rates will go up. Automation, AI have reduced the number of people we need. So low birth rates aren't out of blue. It's just a normal reaction for a reduced demand for workers.

Re: Korea shatters its own record for world’s lowest fertility rate

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are men morally supposed to do when women simply do not want kids? It’s not an issue of financial struggle since the trend is most pronounced in wealthy countries, especially in those with small wealth divisions.

Respect them. Their body, their choice. Even if it means the end of humanity.

It won't mean end of humanity. It will just mean humans that don't respect women choice get to multiply.
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