Posted on 04/19/2009 7:17:10 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Interesting to consider this article in context of our problems with Islam, or the Taliban in particular.
In addition (obviously) to religion, the big conflict is between western notions of individualism versus their concept of tribalism.
For the Taliban, the tribe is the ‘organism’, not the individual — not unlike a bee having a unique existence but the real ‘organism’ is the hive.
Tribalism’s rules about banning intermarrying, subjugating women, marrying early, polygamy, etc, evolved to protect the population level and the social purity of the tribe.
Obviously, we have moved beyond that, but in the process — the new problem is - certain attitudes that have replaced tribalism, that are causing populations to drop.
Humorous that when I was a freshman in college, my biology textbook was “The Population Bomb” by Paul Ehrlich. “World population to outgrow food resources by 1980!!” and the like.
Never has someone ever been so spectacularly wrong about the world and what makes it work.
Now the Paul Ehrlich spawn — the global warming crowd - intends to fulfill Ehrlich’s wishes. They are HAPPY about the depopulation levels, as it reduces our carbon footprint, etc.
So it goes...
It has already happened, siberia is almost completely chinese and growing.
Anyone ever read Arthur C. Clarke’s “Odyssey “ series (2001, 2010, 2065 and 3001)? It kind of reminds me of what’s happening to Earth (2065 book).
“Russia needs to get rid of abortion, re-enforce religious views, and stress the patriotic need for large families. They will turn this around in time.”
Bingo. You hit the nail on the head.
This is why the future of America is assured. We patriotic, pro-life conservatives are having waaaayyyyy more kids than the life-hating libs. Soon libs will be nothing more than a curiosity that our many Christian children and grandchildren will occasionally ask about.
unless they are snatched from our influence by those libs in the government school systems...
Lots of "gaiety" coming to China soon.
There are several studies on this, one is in Public Policy & Aging Report by Mark L. Haas:
For example, Russia’s working-age population (ages 15 to 64) is expected to shrink 34 percent by 2050. The country’s population is already decreasing by 700,000 people per year. Also by 2050, China’s median age is predicted to be nearly 45. Given this fact, Haas believes their government will be faced with a difficult choice: allow growing levels of poverty within an exploding elderly population, or provide the resources necessary to combat this problem by diverting funds from military spending.
The United States is not immune to the problems of global aging, but it does stand to fare better than many of its rivals. In 2050, this country’s median age will be the lowest of any of the great powers. And by the same year, the working-age population in the U.S. is expected to increase by 31 percent. Additionally, the United States has a relatively well-funded pension system.
http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20080024194254data_trunc_sys.shtml
Drunken Nation: Russia’s Depopulation Bomb
Nicholas Eberstadt
http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/2009%20-%20Spring/full-Eberstadt.html
Spengler, aka David P Goldman, wrote an analysis http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/JH19Ag04.html
Too many nukes their to simply wish it to plummet into anarchy OR neo-colonialism.
Mexico’s population is NOT exploding. The birthrate has plummeted from 6 children per woman in the early 1960s to 2.2 today.
not with a bang, but a whimper.
Russia’s envoy to NATO calls Georgian drills “insanity”
RIA Novosti | 04/18/09
Posted on 04/19/2009 4:05:06 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232679/posts
Whoops! Thanks AdmSmith.
Yeah but Russia has a much higher percentage of women to men.
The men have a tendency to drink themselves to death.
If the Chinese men were to present themselves as sober, hardworking men seeking a wife then the problem would resolve it's self, theoretically.
In reality both sides tend to be rather racist and even beyond that there is a huge cultural divide that would make the solution unlikely.
Sigh, since I've only received intelligent responses like yours, the liberals didn't rise to the bait.
Be well!
Sigh, since I've only received intelligent responses like yours, the liberals didn't rise to the bait.
Be well!
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