Millennials say no to kids, population 'replacement level' turns negative

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  1. Channe

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    I think we have too many people anyway, and resources are not unlimited. Add to that the fact that each generation seems to be in a competition to be more useless than the generation before it. Maybe taking a break isn't a bad thing.
     
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    Sure, they are the selfish gen...all about meeeeee.

    But don't worry. The Dems will make up for it by bringing in a steady supply of illegals.
     
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    Then when millenials have babies that they can't afford, you'll cry about your taxes taking care of them. Children aren't for everyone and not having them makes economic sense for many. It's called being responsible.
     
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    Perhaps not having them major in lesbian dance studies, to come out of college in debt and unable to find a job might be a better idea.
     
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    it will collapse social security.
    social security is dependent on an ever growing younger work force paying into it
    when you end up with more retiring and less entering the work force social security isn't going to be maintainable
     
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    We have enough Duggars to keep the well full.
     
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    Africans and Muslims are more than making up for it.
     
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    Not to mention killing off the babies they do manage to conceive. Blacks in NYC already abort more than are born. Nothing sadder than self-inflicted genocide.

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    No, we don't.

    But Africa will, and soon. African demographic trends combined with the predicted effects of climate change add up to an unimaginable humanitarian disaster. The great African migration to Europe that we've just seen is just the beginning. The Europeans will come to fear the loss of their own cultures (more than they already have), and might react in fearful ways.

    This century could well be bloodier than the last.
     
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    Africans, Muslims and Mayans are spitting out kids as fast as they can........mostly paid for by Whites who 'can't afford children'........heading to another 'Dark Ages'......
     
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    The Mexicans aren't taking a break.
     
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    I don't understand how it's "paid for by whites." If Europe still owned Africa you might have a point.

    The trend will stabilize, of course. It's likely that North America will be half Latino and half Anglo culturally (still majority white genetically.) I hope that we're able to come to some mutually beneficial accommodation without significant conflict.

    But the relationship between Europe and Africa only flipped recently. Go back 100 years and Africa was dwarfed by European population. It is likely to get to a point where the population of Euro-Africa is 80% African. Considering how hard Africa will get hit by climate change it's hard to imagine this ending peaceably. I know many Europeans believe that they're willing to accept hundreds of millions of immigrants over the next few generations, but they're lying to themselves.

    This isn't to say that Africa will be a complete hellhole. I believe that a few polities will survive and prosper, even propped up by Europeans and South Asians hoping to stem the tide.
     
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    Yes they are. Birth rates in Mexico have been dropping for generations.
     
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    When ********* about poor people having kids this is what happens
     
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    No, this is a trend brought about by modern economics and culture.

    To raise a kid in a post-industrial society is extremely expensive, and to raise them in a cheaper manner requires... regrettable behavior.
     
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    Duh, because they are all in California giving birth.
     
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    No, because they're getting richer. Both in Mexico and the United States.

    Latinos and Mexicans are gaining power, demographically and economically. This will be the most important fact determining the fate of our continent for this century.
     
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    to maintain social security for every one person retiring you need at least two entering the work force
    and the birth rate dropping below 2 children per couple that wont happen
     
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    Folks born after 76'.......

    LOL!!!!
     
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    So what? Immigration more then makes up for the shortfall.

    Because Japan does not believe in mass immigration - they are in big trouble as their population is falling.
     
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    That it does, but it's not costless. Our country has been dominated by a handful of regional cultures since it's founding. One of the cultures we picked up during the immigration into Texas was that of northern Mexicans. This culture has been politically and economically marginal for well over a century. But this is changing. Within a generation the American southwest will be a political juggernaut, and Latinos will hold the reins.

    There will be a direct line between Latino immigration into the United States and a significant possibility of domestic strife... even bloodshed.

    Of course not all immigration will be Latino. I expect Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Africa to continue to send a significant number of immigrants. But these immigrations won't come to dominate an entire geographic region like the Latinos will, and are likely to assimilate into "Anglo" North American culture.
     
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    Hey, I'm a millennial and I said no to kids. :)
     
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    What a ludicrous of a post. Tell me, are you going to have 6 kids then to make up for this? then because you can't afford them, you suck on the government teat all the while whining about socialist programs. You have zero clue of what you talking about.
     
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    No kids for me either. Kids are an excellent tax strategy for lower incomes.
     

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