Posted on 09/01/2007 6:42:01 AM PDT by shrinkermd
Until recently, demographic changes were so slow that they hardly seemed to be a variable effecting strategic challenges. But today, many major nations are undergoing rapid and evident changes in their demographic structure. This is most obvious in Europe, but it is also the case in the United States, Russia, China, and Japan. Demographic disruption is impacting America, all of its major allies, and all of its traditional or potential adversaries.
In Western countries, the combination of a sharp decline in the birth rates of the European or European-descended population, on the one hand, and the sharp increase in the non-European immigrant population, on the other, is causing a great transformation in social structure and national identity, which is bringing about a major transformation in military strategy. The process has only begun, but in the years ahead, history will teach us once again that demography is destiny.
In order for a particular population to sustain its numbers, it should have an average reproduction rate of 2.1 births per woman. But the birth rate for almost every Western nation has fallen below 1.5 during the last couple of decades. In Italy and Spain, formerly the European nations with the highest birth rates, it is now under 1.3. Although the United States has a rising population, that growth is entirely due to immigration and to the higher reproduction rates of peoples of non-European origin. With the exception of devout religious communities—especially the Mormons—among most European-American groups, reproduction rates are below the level of sustainability.
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“Racism is considering ancestry to be relevant to a topic when it isn’t.” ???? Lost me on that logic.
We are a world of different races and peoples so eliminating race in a discussion is just silly.
“hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.” (This is racism)
Gone fishing, so you all have a great day.
That’s fine. I have to go shopping.
I read an article the other day that said that three children is the “new 2 children” and having more children especially among the wealthy is now the new sign of “status”. I don’t necessarily like the premise, but the results are good. I am glad that people are having more children. My family thus far has seven out of three children. I have three, my brother has one, and my sister has three. My wife and I are done but my brother and sister are having more they say. We are not wealthy, but the story focused on just the wealthy elites.
It looks to me like Asia continent is the one not having children. Why do they always bash Europe? Asia is the culprit.
One of the problems with this growth so quickly is communities aren’t prepared for this type of growth. Las Vegas is seeing how difficult it is with a huge influx of people in a short time. What they should do is as Immigrants arrive in America, they should tell them that they must live in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, West Texas or somewhere that has no inhabitants. This would at least control the influx on one area, typically the East Coast. If they could be spread throughout America, then most would not even notice.
The world population will level off at 9 billion up from the current 6 billion. The question is how we deal with these demographic trends, economically and culturally.
LOL. That's a good one. LOL.
People whose ancestors considered polygamy and marrying first cousins to be moral should not be allowed to immigrate to America. They privately keep up the practice. Look at the British Pakis, who have one child in ten born dead and two in ten with serious genetic defects. These are abanoned and become wards of the state.
Some ancestors are better than others.
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