>Donning Devil's Advocate Hat (imagine that)
>
>>>Fact A:
>>>We're running out of people here.
>>>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44151642
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>The explanation for lower birth rates is that women are delaying childbearing because they're working/need to work and are better educated and have careers and there's not enough provision to take time off.

That's a euphemism for women don't want babies.
All of those things were in play for my father's mother, who had 11.
In a couple of weeks I'll be attending a Fitz reunion hosted by a cousin whose mother - my father's younger sister- had 8 kids and 24 grandkids.

"Reproductive rights" is another euphemism for women deciding to prevent conception or murder the fetus.


"better educated" - right.
Look at what's happened to our culture since the sixties.
Divorce rates - out of sight.
Out of wedlock births - out of sight.
Addiction - rampant.
Suicide rates- setting new records.
Better educated.
OK.
Right.











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>The only solution is to take in babies of mothers that presumably have none of these attributes? How about changing the laws = better maternity leave and/or reduce the need for both spouses to work full time to make ends meet? The second would be easier if every 1%er anticipating a $1B income this year, was prepared to accept only (say) $200M and not prefer to underpay immigrants.
>
>>>Fact B:
>>>We need new blood because the old blood is getting dumber and lazier.
>>>Immigrants are a lot smarter and more industrious than the natives.
>>>https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/09/27/scores-new-sat-show-large-gaps-race-and-ethnicity
>
> ! (Asian == immigrant). Definitely agree that Asian ethnicity = great school grades and exam results that internationally leads to dominance in medicine and other high grade professions unless a subjective personality component is added. Not convinced that this has anything to do with everybody else getting dumber, though.