Japan’s demographic crisis is deepening faster than expected, with the number of births this year on track to fall below even the government’s most pessimistic projections.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20251228215131/https://slguardian.org/japans-birth-rate-set-to-break-even-the-bleakest-forecasts/


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[+] -9 points 10 months ago (29 children)

Yes you can. People do it all over the world.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

    I'm sure those kids all come out great and very alive.

    Children do not need love attention homes or parents. These luxuries make them weak

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago (4 children)
  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Neglect is very healthy for a child.make sure yours gets enough!

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    Assuming that kids living in poorer parts of the world are neglected. Spoken like someone who has never once faced adversity in life.

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  • [+] 9 points 10 months ago (14 children)
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    Yes.

    I was watching a YouTube video yesterday with Jimmy Carr and I think he summarized it perfectly.

    As humans we are amazing at quantifying all the negatives around having kids (costs, time constraints, behaviour changes) but we struggle at quantifying the positives (purpose, accountability, pride, humility).

    My regret is having kids later in life and not in my early 20's. The little secret we all know is you're never ready for kids. You either dive in or you don't. After that? In for a penny, in for a pound.

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  • [+] 7 points 10 months ago (6 children)
  • [–] -4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    And we are allowed to disagree. That doesn't however make your opinion any more valid. You can't hold hands when you make fists.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    My regret is having kids later in life and not in my early 20's.

    Reeks of boomer who doesn’t appreciate their kids.

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  • [+] -7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    GenX actually (48) and I have 3 kids I tell them I love them daily. 2 are on the spectrum and 1 realistically will never become an independent adult.

    Your comment reeks of someone who grew up entitled and has never learned how to walk a mile in someone else's shoes.

    Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    The downvotes tell a diffeeent story, boomer.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    You do realize that upvotes/downvotes are just populism in action and time and time again people have been proven to be dumb? I mean look at America.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    "People do it all over the world." False it should be "Uneducated people do it all over the world" Look into geography and sociology and let me know why it is that uneducated poor people usually get more children :D

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  • [–] -2 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Lol uneducated does not mean dumb.

    I stand by what I said.

    The future lies in those "uneducated" people.

    Everything about this whole thread screams privileged white people who haven't known an ounce of struggle in their lives and all of a sudden things get a little tight that they can't buy butter instead of margarine and holy hell the sky is falling!

    This is why all my friends now are immigrants lol.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

    Those uneducated people usually from poorer third world countries get a lot of children cause of environmental factors:

    • high infant and child mortality
    • shorter life expectancy
    • they need their children to work in mines
    • No sex education

    Educated people usually from first world countries don't get a lot of children because:

    • housing is too expensive
    • the country makes work/education and family are hard to combine
    • childcare isn’t well organized
    • there’s too little security

    Countries like France and the Scandinavian nations do better:

    • affordable childcare
    • parental leave
    • flexible work
    • stable housing certainty

    Result: higher birth rates than Japan, Italy, Spain, and formerly Germany. 
If you want a “younger” society → invest structurally in good family life.

    This is like stuff from geography I was taught in highschool, don't you have your high school diploma or what? 😂

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  • [+] -7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Go into any rural and/or poor area in America or Canada and you'll find poor uneducated people and they're having kids just fine even in wealthy countries with a lot of environmental factors pushing against it.

    It's a matter of want. Own your decision don't blame it on external factors. If you want to blame external factors for your not having kids you're weak. My girlfriend is Kenyan. She has a 11 year old son back home she hasn't seen in a year. She had a kid in a small rural town halfway around the world and moved to Canada to make a better life for her and her family. You know what she's never done? Push blame outwards.

    Yes, structurally we can be doing a lot better to make it easier and more attractive for people to have kids but that was and is not my point. My point is if you want kids just fucking do it. The reward far outweighs the risk and long term you're going to be much, much better off because you've just grown your team.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 Get this guy a geography class RIGHT NOW "Why dont homeless people just buy a house" "Why dont poor people just work more"

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