We have immigration (illegal or otherwise) to stave off demographic cliffs. As much as the right hates illegal immigration, it is mostly Christians and they integrate well.
The EU either has to integrate muslims, which is a rougher ride, or Russians/Ukrainians, of which there is a more limited number to import.
The country with the worst demographics, South Korea, still IMO has an out: it can topple North Korea and import a huge number of people from there.
China is in deep, deep trouble. They have restated demographics downward, and probably it is still worse than that. Combined with increasing levels of totalitarianism, allegedly a huge financial house of cards in real estate and regional governments, and a likely invasion of Taiwan that results in blockade and sanctions...
Russia was having huge problems before the war. Now they are throwing away a badly needed generation, and causing 2-5x that amount to flee the country.
Democracies have the potential to pivot from demographic disaster, but totalitarian regimes don't care about them, because demographic cliffs mean there is just an older more compliant population to suppress. Of course it means long term their country will fade to irrelevance and perhaps starvation/economic collapse, but totalitarian regimes exist primarily to ensure the survival of the regime, not the population.
> We have immigration (illegal or otherwise) to stave off demographic cliffs. As much as the right hates illegal immigration, it is mostly Christians and they integrate well.
Indeed, but, even Mexico and much of Latin America now has below replacement fertility too. So now what?
Democracies that entice immigration are also strategic weapons.
But to answer your question, that's their problem.
Countries and governments need to wake up and structure their societies towards liberal reforms to get encourage child rearing. That involves a host of things that the right won't like, but the side effects will be a society that people want to immigrate too.
It's a double demographic effect. Now, so far even Europe has not restructured its housing, work, subsidies, childcare, and the like to fully stimulate demographics.
The US would need huge reforms in healthcare, workers rights, and childcare, and the doom of an imbalanced demographics like we have with the boomers (ESPECIALLY the baby boomers) is that they vote only for their selfish needs and won't vote to invest in the younger generation
The EU either has to integrate muslims, which is a rougher ride, or Russians/Ukrainians, of which there is a more limited number to import.
The country with the worst demographics, South Korea, still IMO has an out: it can topple North Korea and import a huge number of people from there.
China is in deep, deep trouble. They have restated demographics downward, and probably it is still worse than that. Combined with increasing levels of totalitarianism, allegedly a huge financial house of cards in real estate and regional governments, and a likely invasion of Taiwan that results in blockade and sanctions...
Russia was having huge problems before the war. Now they are throwing away a badly needed generation, and causing 2-5x that amount to flee the country.
Democracies have the potential to pivot from demographic disaster, but totalitarian regimes don't care about them, because demographic cliffs mean there is just an older more compliant population to suppress. Of course it means long term their country will fade to irrelevance and perhaps starvation/economic collapse, but totalitarian regimes exist primarily to ensure the survival of the regime, not the population.