I’ve decided the hectoring about demographics is BS
Its the justification that statists and social engineers in Europe and the USA now use to import millions of illiterate, un-assimilable, in-bred immigrants from the 3rd world into Europe and this country. I’m convinced its the scare-mongering of progressive-leftist and their evil twins in crony-capitalist finance who simply are facing a maximum debt armeggedon and need to find some way to keep the game going with more taxpayers and supposedly productive citizens to milk.
Populations rise and fall over the centuries due to health/disease, peace/war, economic stagnation or growth, etc... Japan and Korea are facing the same demographics as the West, but have chosen cultural survival over mass migration to support their economic edifice. They will figure out the problems for themselves. And I guarantee you - their societies will exist long after the Cultural Marxists in the West have destroyed ours.
Without a doubt, the Marxist social engineers in China have created a huge problem for themselves. The law of unintended consequences and blow-back are hard for tyrannical central planners - but using the failed Western Progressive outlook to judge the failed Eastern Marxist situation is just stupidity times two.
You have a GREAT POINT. The real test case is Japan, where they are ahead of the curve, with an already-diminishing population.
Rather than employing millions of Third World savages, they decided to USE THEIR BRAINS to deal with the problem and are furiously automating as many labor-related jobs as possible, even taking care of the elderly (to some extent). I think they’ll come out fine. I think China will follow and also be fine.
Sadly I can’t say the same about Europe, they’ve already reached the point of full-scale civil war (to clear out the trash), or a meek surrender (probably the second option).
We are not far behind, but we still have a ONE CHANCE LEFT to turn our boat around - and that, of course, is Trump (regardless of where he stands on Planned Parenthood). If he can at least slow the immigration train down, it buys us time - maybe enough time to be able to watch Europe turn into either open warfare or slavery - and maybe we would try to learn from that. Maybe.