Exactly. Without immigration, our population would collapse. Our birthrate is 1.64 per woman. Japan’s is 1.2. The replacement rate is 2. It’s just too damn expensive to have kids, put a roof over our heads, and retire. Meanwhile the fed just funnels more money to the rich. No wonder the workers can’t maintain the population: we’re starving and the government is giving all the food to the rich.
To then discover people are so glued to their phone filled to the brim with anger inducing engagement, they don’t have any energy left over to meet people or even do the deed.
Don’t worry. They’ll “solve” the problem with abortion bans.
Interviewer: Margaret Atwood, what are your thoughts on the trend in the US?
Atwood: I’m Canadian
People have already “solved” that problem by simply giving up on sex. We are headed into Japan territory.
Exactly. Without immigration, our population would collapse. Our birthrate is 1.64 per woman. Japan’s is 1.2. The replacement rate is 2. It’s just too damn expensive to have kids, put a roof over our heads, and retire. Meanwhile the fed just funnels more money to the rich. No wonder the workers can’t maintain the population: we’re starving and the government is giving all the food to the rich.
And rolling back things like marital rape laws. And perhaps we were a little hasty allowing women to have their own checking accounts (IN 1974). Etc…
Don’t even get them started on the right to vote.
To then discover people are so glued to their phone filled to the brim with anger inducing engagement, they don’t have any energy left over to meet people or even do the deed.