Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "How South Korea Is Running Out of Children" video.

  1. Right, capitalism becomes self-defeating when it deems care for dependents as purely "personal" and a "net loss" to the firm.
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  2. They might want to revisit how they pay out those pensions, making it a share of taxpayer size and input... meaning it's bound to shrink if they don't have kids and don't pressure their kids' employers to pay more.
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  3. Ironically at some point you'll be more likely to find it abroad, since Koreans who expatriate tend to be more religious and thus generally have larger families.
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  4. Right, the work culture prefers we pay for that "fun" now and not into decades of caring for dependents.
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  5. Which if it was undergoing a demographic collapse is probably too toxic and anemic from the folks who got it to what it became. Like bloodletting vs blood transfusion, having fresh blood and minds from immigrants is the key to revitalization.
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  6. Developed countries, especially puritan ethnostates, are not in the position to let "perfect" get in the way of "good".
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  7. Strict traditional values disappeared because the nation would not survive by sticking with it. Remember when SK started out, it was poorer than most of Africa.
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