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"If the chattering classes of Europe need a cautionary tale, they can look further afield than Japan. Michael Deacon's recent column casts a dire portrait using a simple formula: fewer babies in Japan equals societal collapse, and by that logic, Britain's increasing childlessness threatens to do the same. But this logic is flawed at its core, and to assume British millennials' choices stem from mere selfishness is to misunderstand the situation entirely."

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[–] gerbal@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They made Social Reproduction impossible, and are now shocked by a collapse of social reproduction