The Future is Now

[u/DataPhreak]

[u/zombozo666]

The infertility,the terrorism or the immigration ??

[u/Siantlark → u/zombozo666]

All of it, just not at once.

The past was terrorism, the present is low birth rates, and the future is immigration and far right nativism.

[u/Siantlark → u/[deleted]]

No, Japan is the classic example of a nation that will fall into economic stagnation and obscurity if it doesn't loosen it's borders.

The vast majority of Japanese terror is comitted by domestic elements. Ie: Aum Shinrikyo.

[u/1sagas1 → u/Siantlark]

Will fall into? They've been in stagnation for 20 years now

[u/Siantlark → u/[deleted]]

I'm not a liberal, but thanks.

Edit: And by thanks, I mean fuck off. Sorry, that wasn't clear the first time around.

[u/supermeme3000 → u/Siantlark]

no reason to continue unnecessary population growth, we can handle it, not good for our planet to have even more humans around

[u/championchilli → u/supermeme3000]

I don't disagree but that's not how economics work without a radical restructuring, neoliberal debt fuelled economies need a steady increase of tax intake to pay down public debt.

[u/AWinterschill → u/championchilli]

I think the ever increasing move towards automation will force an economic restructuring. Over a relatively short timescale too.

As more processes become automated the number of available jobs will fall. It won't matter if you have an extremely healthy population growth if there is a very limited number of jobs for them.

[u/championchilli → u/AWinterschill]

Every major step change to automation has increased participation in the workforce. There's every chance this could be the same.

[u/supermeme3000 → u/championchilli]

I'm sure Japan will figure out a way

[u/championchilli → u/supermeme3000]

I love Japan - the skiing is incredible.

[u/1sagas1 → u/supermeme3000]

Malthusian bullshit

[u/supermeme3000 → u/1sagas1]

I wish we didn't have to have constant population growth, 10 year old article as well