Korea's birthrate in July dropped to an all-time low, further highlighting the country's swift transition into an aging society.
  • merc@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    1 year ago

    most developed countries are learning to deal with a shrinking population

    Not really, most countries are dealing with it by increasing immigration. That’s clearly not a sustainable long-term plan.

    • agarorn@feddit.de
      3·
      1 year ago

      Why not? If you manage immigration such that the population stays constant, what’s bad?

      • merc@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        1 year ago

        It relies on the birth rate in other parts of the world to stay high (something you can never guarantee), and requires that those countries stay poor enough that they want to leave everything behind and emigrate (something you can’t guarantee, and also something shitty to try to guarantee).