alt Hacker NewsThis might sound facetious but I'm completely serious -- why does this "problem" need a solution, and especially this solution? If the Swedes have collectively decided they want less fertility, who's to judge them?
This might sound facetious but I'm completely serious -- why does this "problem" need a solution, and especially this solution? If the Swedes have collectively decided they want less fertility, who's to judge them?
Because a society whose quality of life depends on robust social programs needs working age adults to man those programs
Because a demographic crisis is a real problem:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_Japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_South_Korea
Because there are 3 solutions to this problem:
1. Improve Technology so that a smaller working age cohort can support a larger elderly cohort
2. Increase the birth rate, which no developed country has managed to sustain
3. Increase migration
1 and 2 are theoretical - no has proved that this can work.
It’s perfectly fine for the Swedes to decide that 3) is not for them.
We’re on a discussion board - Why wouldn’t I be able to comment on a country’s policies?