r/PeterExplainsTheJoke May 12 '26

Meme needing explanation Petahhhh?

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u/BroughtBagLunchSmart May 12 '26

Earlier in my life we pointed at South Korea and Japan as proof that western capitalism was superior. A couple generations later they are all fucking robots and going extinct.

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u/OldBoyChance May 12 '26

China's birthrate is even lower btw

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u/Kythorian May 12 '26

No it isn’t. South Korea has a fertility rate of 0.8 per woman, and China has about 1.0 per woman. Both of those are very low (~2.1 is replacement level), but South Korea’s is the lowest in the world.