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In the modern world, 1.8 is very solid. Easily can make up for that with immigration.
At some point you run out of places for people to immigrate from unless you just empty entire countries.
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> AND a culture that's always willing to accommodate new people. Try getting a green card even as a trained European. Good luck :) Not that I'd ever be interested in living in the US. I prefer a country with a decent social security safety net and socialized healthcare. And where people can't just run around carrying guns. Spain is not perfect but I have way fewer things to worry about here. So I can relax and enjoy…
The US spends the majority of its budget on social welfare programs. Gun violence is a tiny fraction of death/injury here. You’re much more likely to die in a car accident.
Maybe so, but I believe you are also more likely to die of a car accident in the US. There's no getting around the fact that amongst western nations, the US has certain aspects to its culture that make it a more dangerous place to live in many ways.
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That is such an odd term. As if it the birthrates could no longer change for the positive or as if it would doom countries with birthrates below 2.1 to die.
It’s easy to envision things that would induce people to have fewer kids, it’s harder to come up with things that would make them want to have more . These birth rates are completely new experiences for the world and we’re not quite certain what the outcome will be (as it is, there are likely subcultures that are still above replacement on average, even in the most declining societies).
"Ability to buy a house or similar" and "affordable daycare" are probably enough to have a huge impact. We don't need a long list of possible answers.
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64 GB is a lot. I wouldn't buy a machine with less than that (Macs tend to last a long time), but, still, wanting to max it out just in case and actually needing it is rare. What are you doing with your computer?
I would assume virtual machines, as that eats infinite RAM.
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In the modern world, 1.8 is very solid. Easily can make up for that with immigration.
At some point you run out of places for people to immigrate from unless you just empty entire countries.
The SSD on my two year old M1 MacBook Pro is showing 25% lifetime left. The rest of the machine is just fine, but I am looking to replace it soon. Apple will get their money from me soon.
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Even at 1.8, it's higher than the rest of the developed world. And America always has the option of simply opening the gates a little and fill up the gap with practically any immigrant group it wants.
Xenophobia and racism prevents that
Huh? My understanding is the US scores lowest of any country on objective measures of both.
Which country has less Xenophobia and racism? People throw out Canada often but I believe empirically that is false.
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Even at 1.8, it's higher than the rest of the developed world. And America always has the option of simply opening the gates a little and fill up the gap with practically any immigrant group it wants.
Xenophobia and racism prevents that
If a "developed" country wanted to stop migration they would work to raise the living standards at the source. There is less chance of that happening than removing xenaphobic behaviour from the natives however.
Or the "developed" society becomes more brutal than the place the migrant are fleeing from, so they stay away out of fear.
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That is such an odd term. As if it the birthrates could no longer change for the positive or as if it would doom countries with birthrates below 2.1 to die.
It’s easy to envision things that would induce people to have fewer kids, it’s harder to come up with things that would make them want to have more . These birth rates are completely new experiences for the world and we’re not quite certain what the outcome will be (as it is, there are likely subcultures that are still above replacement on average, even in the most declining societies).
- Reasonable maternity leave allowances.
- Good affordable (or free) healthcare.
- Good affordable (or free) child care until school age.
- Free education to university graduate level.
- Affordable housing.
The super-rich have no interest in allowing this to happen, so countries where having a child is a significant cost will continue to have low fertility rates.
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There's a lot of crypto shills that want to scare people into thinking fiat will inevitably fail, so people buy their imaginary currency.
The "shills" are not wrong. Every single currency that ever existed went to zero. The USD will be no exception. Honestly, BTC will be no exception either.