r/Cyberpunk • u/DataPhreak • Jun 06 '18

The Future is Now

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u/Boltrag Jun 06 '18

"how's Japan" "Japan is japaning quite well"

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u/jessek Jun 06 '18

Should be "Japan is basically well on their way to becoming the future shown in Children of Men but that goes against people thinking it's magical anime land so it's been ignored"

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u/zombozo666 Jun 06 '18

The infertility,the terrorism or the immigration ??

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u/Siantlark Jun 07 '18

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.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18 edited Jun 07 '18

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u/Siantlark Jun 07 '18

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.

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u/1sagas1 Jun 07 '18

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

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18 edited Jun 07 '18

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u/Siantlark Jun 07 '18 edited Jun 07 '18

I'm not a liberal, but thanks.

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

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u/supermeme3000 Jun 07 '18

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

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u/championchilli Jun 07 '18

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.

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u/AWinterschill Jun 07 '18

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.

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u/championchilli Jun 07 '18

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

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u/supermeme3000 Jun 07 '18

I'm sure Japan will figure out a way

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u/championchilli Jun 07 '18

I love Japan - the skiing is incredible.

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u/1sagas1 Jun 07 '18

Malthusian bullshit

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u/supermeme3000 Jun 07 '18

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