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on Friday November 16 2018, @02:15AM
from the not-so-many-men-are-having-children-either dept.
from the not-so-many-men-are-having-children-either dept.
'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates
There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children women are having, say researchers.
Their report found fertility rate falls meant nearly half of countries were now facing a "baby bust" - meaning there are insufficient children to maintain their population size.
The researchers said the findings were a "huge surprise".
And there would be profound consequences for societies with "more grandparents than grandchildren".
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(Score: 2) by VLM on Friday November 16 2018, @12:41PM (1 child)
Only responsible people are limiting their growth. The rest rely on a large pool of white people (who soon won't exist) to pay taxes to fund their welfare to have more non-taxpaying kids.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @01:49PM
You bring up a good point. Several "white" countries including Australia and Germany are expected to have at least 20% of their population from 'overseas' people in the next five years, growing by up to 5% per year.
It may indeed come to the point where 'white' people are the minority. What then?
In South Africa they are killing white people now. Is this what will happen in other countries? Can we expect the "we're the majority, so you lot can just go die" line in the next 50 years or so?
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