Posted on 05/20/2023 1:19:38 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Over the years I have had four children, so I have been to a lot of playgrounds. I could write a book on the best and worst playgrounds in south east London. What I have noticed compared to when I had my first child about 13 years ago is that these days, I am often the only mother in the playground. When I had my eldest, there were lots of mums, dads and childminders with their little charges clambering up steps and zooming down slides, but now I am usually on my own. It’s just me and the little lad.
It can be eerie and it reminds me of the film ‘Children of Men’. That film (based on the book by the same name) contains a scene of a dilapidated, abandoned school and playground. The film portrays a world, a dystopia, after there is a global fertility crash caused by women being unable to have children for an unknown reason.
The West hasn’t been hit with a sudden illness causing total infertility and all the heartache that follows it. The West has instead freely chosen a baby bust. As explained earlier this year: “The world is ill-prepared for the global crash in children being born which is set to have a ‘jaw-dropping’ impact on societies, say researchers. Falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the century. And 23 nations – including Spain and Japan – are expected to see their populations halve by 2100. Countries will also age dramatically, with as many people turning 80 as there are being born.”
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...
It’ll be over, only time it’s not Germanic tribes from the north...it’s African, Middle Eastern and Asian hordes. Good bye Europe. You gave up Christianity and now you will pay....
Western Europe anyway. Poland and other countries in Eastern Europe will still protect their borders. Ironically, the Iron Curtain protected them.
God’s favor will rest elsewhere.
‘Countries will also age dramatically, “with as many people turning 80 as there are being born.” ‘
We may soon, be there,by 2030 in California, and in the SW and MW. Most if not many or our syblings, and closest friends are in our 70/80’s or rapidly approaching with zero great grandchildren.
None of our 20 something grand kids/nephews/nieces/children of our friends/relatives are rushing into marriage. They are getting real college degrees or learning/developing real life skills.
Italy is finished. So too is all of Western Europe, most of Eastern Europe & the United States.
Demographics is everything.
The West has to repent of its socialism, otherwise it will be wiped from the face of the earth as God promised.
The Western women are "empowered". None of the men are interested in marrying them.
Forget the “hope” and ditch the LGBT, feminist, and anti-family crusades.
You say that like it’s a good thing.
Elites obsessed with being control freaks who want to centralize society realize that and do everything they can to keep women from realizing that. Useful Idiots/simps go along with that materialistic pursuit towards nothingness.
Italy? Italy, like the USA was gone a long time ago. We’re all a global village now, or something like that. With the same (non) values, the same (non) culture, the same (non) shared European history. Churches, like everything else, exist solely as backdrops for selfies. God bless Russia.
Sorry, needed to add hedonistic along with materialism...
So I guess the Catholic Church opposition to contracepting has merit afterall. Instead the west has the contraceptive mentality promoted by guess who and now is experiencing the bitter fruit of demographic extinction.
They will have a smaller population in 20 years but their nations will remain intact. Can't say the same about France, Germany or Italy.
The good news is for now, most young educated people in Poland are choosing to stay in Poland, and build their careers there rather than going to the UK, as many in previous generations chose to do.
Other countries, like Bulgaria, however, have a very serious problem with keeping their young professionals there.
The West is done.
The East is rising.
Birth control is definitely part of this. Some women are choosing not to have children, or if they do, they don’t have as many in their lifetime as they would have in previous generations.
And with birth control so prevalent and accepted and effective, the result is declining population.
Africa...South America...
We’re coming up on the end of history anyways.
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