Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 5:42 pm
Major-Tom wrote:I don't understand why people are frustrated about a low birth rate in general. I was under the impression that slower growth rates in a country plagued by skyrocketing home prices, overcrowded cities, and an overburdened social security system was a good thing? Kinda helps a lot of our problems to keep our numbers down, so to speak.
The issue being that lower population growth is a direct result of those (and other) problems in the first place. Cause, meet effect.