Die Geburtenrate in den USA sinkt: Was das für die Zukunft des Landes bedeutet
https://www.digitaljournal.com/life/the-us-fertility-rate-is-decreasing-what-it-means-for-the-nations-future/article
Die Geburtenrate in den USA sinkt: Was das für die Zukunft des Landes bedeutet
https://www.digitaljournal.com/life/the-us-fertility-rate-is-decreasing-what-it-means-for-the-nations-future/article
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From the article
>The declining fertility rate became more concerning following the Great Recession between 2007 and 2009, when fertility rates dropped below 2.1 children per woman. That is the so-called “replacement rate” needed to maintain population numbers from one generation to the next.
>The share of Americans over 65 [grew faster from 2010 to 2020](https://apnews.com/article/census-demographics-population-age-race-ethnicity-3bf63785a69db2a96a13eb70767c5f5e) than in any decade in more than a century. The youngest boomers are now 59. As more of them retire and therefore no longer pay into Social Security, funds for supporting retired elders are at risk. But there’s time to act. The 2022 annual report from Social Security’s board of trustees found that at current rates of contribution and withdrawal, the program can [pay full benefits until at least 2035](https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/tr/2022/).
>But elders’ needs are more than financial. To provide enough elder care will require more workers—which will likely include encouraging immigration. Additionally, Axios reports that [robot helpers](https://www.axios.com/2018/07/21/the-aging-childless-future) may be utilized to care for aging boomers.
When a generation realized they shouldn’t have children if they can’t give them a better future than they have this will happen.
Probably nothing much. We’ve gone from 6 to 2 so going from 2 to 1.5 is nothing in comparison.
Maybe time to rethink the infinite growth paradigm on a finite resource planet?
it means population will decrease, housing supply will increase, inflation will drop and then people will have kids again.
hopefully the overly greedy oligarchy will realize that if they squeeze too hard they’ll lose it all.
fucking parasites.
Can we have a cooldown on this topic? There’s nothing new to discuss
All fertility is basically a function of education duration and prophylactic access. Some of the hardest hit states for birthrate are post soviet/communist states that made huge investments in general education access. If societies want to fix it, they will need to restructure general education to be complete by about 15-16, and minimize the need for higher education.
I’m not worried about America though, the infinite wisdom of the Amish have a birthrate of 6-8 per woman. They will act as stem cells for the rest of America eventually.
I wouldn’t have guessed the Amish as the overall winners of society, but the math shows them doubling their population every 10 years.
It means nothing. Unless you’re a racial supremacist.
It’s perfectly fine, population is a self-controlled feedback loop
If you want to increase the birth rate, all you have to do is increase child mortality. We are declining because more children are surviving childhood
I will take it upon my self to make sure the USA population grows.. I will go to every town and start making single mothers there.. I’ll make sure our population grows by millions soon
Why do they always mix up fertility with natality? Not that fertility is going up, but we are talking about natality here.
I wonder how much of it has to do with a high amount of younger men being on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), and the reduced sperm counts associated with it.
There will never be a problem with the population in the USA. Plenty of immigrants lining up to come in.
It means we continue being a country of immigrants. I see no problem here honestly. People who want to come here and have something to provide should be able to do so, and we should build strong policy around welcoming immigrants in making our country even more productive and inclusive.
Honestly might go up over the next 4 years as peoples‘ outlook on life and the future gets better. Also if we could get some good social programs in place it’d do wonders for planning future parents. Subsidizing the cost of birthing and daycare would be huge! I know finances aren’t everything, but people’s perception of the future matters so much and theres a lot of hope that may be injected into the population in three months
Considering that everyone has microplastics in their brains and all of their other organs, that might just affect fertility rates.
Not to mention the fact that nobody can afford having any fucking kids these days.
People like Musk demand a high birth rate because capitalism fails if growth isn’t perpetual. Unfortunately when us peasants can no longer afford our own lives, let alone afford kids, the birth rate is going to drop. This will probably make people mad, but I’d rather have less people and us normal folk be able to afford homes and college than ensuring billionaires can keep making billions.
Not going to be an issue, after the humanoid robots begin to take all the work. Then we will not need the human workers and productivity can skyrocket. It’s dropping world wide. Usa, is, noticing now because immigration is down.
Could be a pretty cool inflection point in human history, if we’re able to advance and harness AI and robotics and fusion to bring about a post-scarcity society, throwing off the constraints of the consumerist capitalist global economy that has dominated for centuries, tossing it aside before the widespread demographic decline causes it to collapse catastrophically in on itself.
But that would require cooperation and leadership and altruism by those with the most ability to implement the changes necessary, and uh, I’m not gonna hold my breath.
I really don’t see that as a problem. America will likely just ramp up immigration.