“I couldn’t begin to say whether there is a definite parallel, but Japan is in the midst of suicide by low birth rate.”
Europe would be the same, except they import Muslims to make up the difference. So which is better off? At least Japan has the option to recover peacefully, if they’re willing to take the necessary steps.
“At least Japan has the option to recover peacefully, if they’re willing to take the necessary steps.”
The only thing that could save them would be to persuade—or compel—Japanese women to start having 5-10 children each. And I’m not sure it isn’t too late even for that.
My wife and I got about $3,000 from the Japanese government upon the births of each of our children. Young Japanese people regard that as a trivial sum in comparison with the cost of raising children.