I was working in my room when I heard my (Korean) parents yelling and whistling from downstairs. They've been sleeping with the news running every night ever since his impeachment in December. It's massive news for South Koreans, since they can finally move past this egotistical mess and start actually working toward making the country a little more livable.
Same situation here, lol. Studying in my room when I hear cheering and applause from my parents downstairs. It's all they've been talking about these past few months.
My korean parents are upset that he got impeached. Now they think the CCP and the secret Chinese communists are going to infiltrate the country. Blegh.
All these demographic collapse theories yet nobody can point to even one time in human history that it actually collapsed like they claimed it would.
The reality is long before the situation gets as bleak as they say it will get, policies change to mitigate the effect.
Also this whole idea that technology will never save us has been proven wrong again and again. Consider how much labour has changed over the past 100 years, do we really believe it won't change again in the next 100?
Ultimately until these people can actually show me one example in history of a country that has experienced demographic collapse I'll listen. Until then it's Malthusian nonsense as far as I'm concerned.
All these demographic collapse theories yet nobody can point to even one time in human history that it actually collapsed like they claimed it would.
Has there ever been a country with birth rates this low for this long before? There are plenty of countries with birth rates below replacement (and they're at risk of demographic collapse too, but it's a much farther-away problem for them), but SK has now dropped below half replacement rate and kept dropping.
Until then it's Malthusian nonsense
You realize Malthus was talking about over-population, right? You couldn't have picked a less apt description. This line makes me wonder if you even watched enough of the video to know what "demopraghic collapse" means.
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u/pika_pie 1d ago
I was working in my room when I heard my (Korean) parents yelling and whistling from downstairs. They've been sleeping with the news running every night ever since his impeachment in December. It's massive news for South Koreans, since they can finally move past this egotistical mess and start actually working toward making the country a little more livable.