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Originally Posted by niky
Prosperity causes negative population trending.
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Wishful thinking, not supported by evidence. The US is a prosperous country, and has been for many decades. So are many countries in Europe. If this theory matched reality, shouldn't we be seeing significant population declines by now? Yet every census shows continued growth.
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Japan, on the other hand, can't force its people to have more kids than they already have.
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But why should they? Japan is already horribly overcrowded, which IMHO accounts for the leveling off of population, along with social attitudes that make it ok not to have lots of kids.
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The one question is: Where will we find the money to raise the standard of living of these people?
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More questions than that. As for instance, why should
we raise their standard of living? How does anyone's standard of living get raised in the absence of resources? What exactly is a standard of living? Who has a higher standard of living, the urbanite living in a few square meters, but with lots of techo-toys, or a Mongolian herdsman living in a yurt?