Comments by "JX" (@J_X999) on "Why Are East Asian Birth Rates So Low?" video.

  1. The real reasons for low birth rates in Asia are: - the high cost which rules out raising children for a LOT of people (housing, education) - the affect raising children will have on parents' careers. These two issues are both solvable. However governments like Korea and Japan have done nothing but throw money at the problem. China's government will be much more competent at solving the root of the issue, but countries like Germany have seen successes, even with smaller policy changes. In conclusion, the cause of low birth rates is really obvious. The solution is also less complicated than many think, however it requires strong societal and structural changes within areas such as housing and work culture.
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  2. Someone's African....
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  3. ​ @eatinsomtin9984 Nope, incorrect. China's economy won't be another Japan but you are pretty biased so I'll let this one slide lil bro.
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  4. It's always refreshing to see a middle aged man with no knowledge of foreign culture preach about a topic so close to his heart.
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  5.  @isiahjean-baptiste434  Africans have had thousands of years to develop, yet they live in straw houses and can't grow enough food for themselves which results in mass starvation, and that is broadcasted out to my TV. Their excuse is always colonization. But India was colonized, China has been at war with itself since the 1000s, America only existed since the last couple centuries. Africans aren't competent. They aren't even on the level of the Qing or Romans. You can swallow the pill or not, at the end of the day I can tuck into a sirloin steak and the average African can't, although he has the "highest IQ".....
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  6. Confucianism isn't as bad as you try to make it out to be. It's not even as prevalent in East Asia.
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  7.  @tron6198  You are single and will never have children, so don't tell me why people aren't having children.
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  8. ​ @jasonjones2329 Countries like Japan and South Korea are far too spineless to solve this problem.
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  9. Well pointed out. People like Zeihan jump on this trend and use it to the extremity. Zeihan will negatively exaggerate China's "real" statistics because he knows everyone will believe him. So the real stats from China are in the middle between Zeihan and the CCP. Which isn't good, but far from the imminent apocalypse that Zeihan's fans pedal.
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  10. Can't wait? Well you are gonna have to sonny. People have been waiting for 50 years when it comes to the imminent collapse of China. Your poor grandfather was on the edge of his seat, watching China collapse. "But this time it'll happen, trust me, this time it'll actually happen 🥺🥺"
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  11. Immigrants aren't going to save America forever.
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  12. Short term, China's population decline isn't a problem. China still has 900 million people at work + increases in productivity. But that's going to last 20 years MAXIMUM before it really starts to sting.
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