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Seoul enhances infertility aid in response to 0.55 total fertility rate (www.chosun.com)

submitted 6 months ago by ViXY_DBC@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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East Asia countries birth rate crisis continues. In response to total fertility rate of 0.55, Korea enhances infertility aid.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It baffles me that the SK government is evidently incapable of understanding that the issue is wage slavery. Everyone needs to work themselves to the bone, and every single time there’s an efficiency improvement, wages don’t go up and hours worked don’t decline, but “the economy” gets “stronger”. Which most workers don’t actually see any benefit from. So don’t be surprised that your citizens simply don’t have the energy or free time to even consider starting a family.

You can, of course, replace “SK” with many other countries, and the paragraph still works 100%.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Capitalism works more efficiently than politics. Politics needs a big overhaul to deal with this.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A better strategy would be to pull back from late-stage capitalism and find some sort of equitable happy medium between that and socialism that doesn’t also destroy our ecosystem, while maintaining a (small-d) democratic form of government.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee -2 points 6 months ago

As much as this website loves socialism I don't ever see that being the right idea.

Sure education, healthcare and infrastructure should be owned in by the government which exist in most capitalist countries.

But long term its going to legally minimise working hours and UBI

[–] _xDEADBEEF@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

seems like they're willing to try anything but fix their dogshit work culture

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I think world wide we need a population decline to reduce global warming but you also need a population to keep a culture alive

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Leaders don't really care about the culture. The current economic and financial system need growth and most growth comes from increasing population. That's their real concern.

[–] ViXY_DBC@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

No question the world is struggling with 9 billion people, and developed world is using excessive amount of resources.

The rigid definition of "countries" may stand in the way of a more collaborative world though.

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Part of the problem is developing nations are playing catchup and create a lot of pollution. I wouldn’t mind spending some tax money to help them skip straight to green energy.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Careful. The last time I suggested that we needed fewer people in the world, I was accused of being a Eugenicist.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Tankies consider any form of population control to be a form of eco fascism. Evangelicals feel pretty much the same.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago

I don't think it was tankies replying, but I could be wrong.

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I mean, because it’s not true.

We have more than enough resources to feed everyone on earth. We have the land, we have the money to pay the farmers, we have the infrastructure to transport it anywhere in the world easily and quickly. The issue we’re having isn’t too many people, but a small group of people utilizing multiples of the energy they need, and dozens of multiples of the energy of the masses of the world.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Stahp

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wow so cool, responding to someone taking the time to point out why your eugenicist rhetoric is definitively and provably incorrect, and you just respond with memes. You’re so nonchalant.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yawn