The Path of Doom

Timothy Birdnow

We are set for a major depopulation in the coming decades, according to the BBC.

The elites of the world have always been Malthusian and the Club of Rome "Limits to Growth" and Ehrlich's "Population Bomb" were the Progressive Bibles that shaped the Baby Boom generation's thinking. Reducing fertility has been the goal of most international projects ever since. Whether they understand what that means - the serious decline of the West and a huge drop in standards of living - is another question.

Well, actually I think they DO understand it. They want it that way; it helps to keep people from seeking to take on the burden of more children.

From the article:

It has nothing to do with sperm counts or the usual things that come to mind when discussing fertility.

Instead it is being driven by more women in education and work, as well as greater access to contraception, leading to women choosing to have fewer children.

In many ways, falling fertility rates are a success story.

I would argue this is a simplistic answer; the emasculating of men (which is why we are seeing lower sperm counts), feminism (which makes men less willing to procreate with ball-busting broads), and other subtle reasons are at work here. But make no mistake, we are going to see a drop.

And the non-western world will colonize our countries. The next century will see more changes than at any time in human history - if we don't have a major war that destroys us. It could happen as nations like China aren't willing to wait for our demise.

We live in terrible times.

The article continues:

Italy is expected to see an equally dramatic population crash from 61 million to 28 million over the same timeframe.

They are two of 23 countries - which also include Spain, Portugal, Thailand and South Korea - expected to see their population more than halve.

"That is jaw-dropping," Prof Christopher Murray told me.

China, currently the most populous nation in the world, is expected to peak at 1.4 billion in four years time before nearly halving to 732 million by 2100. India will take its place.

The UK is predicted to peak at 75 million in 2063, and fall to 71 million by 2100.

However, this will be a truly global issue, with 183 out of 195 countries having a fertility rate below the replacement level.

So, who is going to pay the taxes to cover the national debts of these countries? Every modern nation works on a ponzi scheme; young people pay the bills. It was assumed that there would always be  more young people than old, and so they could be taxed to cover the costs. Not just for social security and other such programs, but to cover the debt itself. With fewer people we can't do it. We are going to see the collapse of the entire world order as a result  of this.

We are merrily skipping down the path of doom.

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