The global birth rate is tanking..

And governments are treating this as "bad news".. Go figure.
Now we can discuss the why of it. Birth control in developed countries for women who want careers. Pullotion enetering the population through drugs,antibiotic overload and microplastics as well as heavy metals and toxins entering the water supply. Oy 'lifestyles of poor and fad diets and high fat ansodium causing obesity and lowering life expectancy in places like America.
The why isnt important.. But only a few short years ago overpopulation was the problem that was going to make the planet unlivable. And here is the solution presenting itself and governments see it as a problem.. Go Figure..😷

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LeopoldBloom · M

Actually, none of those reasons you listed have anything to do with declining birth rates. The main reason is urbanization, which makes having children prohibitively expensive not just in terms of money, but also space and attention. This isn't something that can be reversed with government policy or social welfare programs.

The reason some governments are concerned about this is that the birth rate in some hyper-urbanized countries, like Japan and South Korea, is so low that they are looking at a demographic time bomb. The same thing is happening to some extent in the US and Europe, but it's not as much of a problem as those countries allow immigration. In a few decades, there won't be enough younger working people to support an aging population. However, these countries are also extremely high-tech, so they may not need as many workers in the future. Culturally, east Asia isn't as open to African, south Asian, and Latin American immigrants as the US and Europe are.

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