(January 11, 2019 at 7:49 pm)Nomad Wrote:(January 10, 2019 at 2:51 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: The natives are below the pop replacement rate. It's not an issue of whether or not we'd like* more people We simply have to have them. Immigration is inextricably linked to our gdp. We have two choices. Fuck a whole lot more and have a few million more kids, yearly...or shrink.
It's the way of the western world. You get rich enough, comfortable enough and the reproduction rate plummets.
Um no, I don't think birth rates are based on wealth. I think lower birth rates are based on education and societal stability.
Gadaffi was a billionaire but I am quite sure the population he bullied, while for a while he provided for, had/has the same religious views our right wingers do as far as females and reproduction.
Saudi Arabia is a rich nation too. But look how long it took females the right to drive.
There is a huge difference between individuals with money and power, and a entire society.
Polygamy in antiquity was a way for the male head of the household to create status and a way for the family of the donated female to create social connections. Polygamy in antiquity was a status symbol.
