Comments by "Jostna Mane" (@jostnamane3951) on "Demographic Deep Dive: United States of America Part I." video.

  1. What if the Amish became sizable enough to represent mainstream American culture? I mean hypothetically it will most probably happen in the future assuming the birth rates remained stable.
    28
  2. It's easier than you think. Just push religion into the mainstream society and promote closed-off religious groups like the Amish. The fertility rate of an average American who attends Church weekly or more was 2.1 in 2020, which is comparable to countries such as India, Bangladesh, Nepal etc. The reason why America still has a higher fertility rate compared to other Western countries is mostly because of religiosity and overall economic stability. But I don't think it's going in that direction, in fact, it's going in the opposite direction. Nevertheless, religious Americans will continue to have more kids.
    13
  3. What a great start of a day...
    10
  4. ​ @mikexstad1121 religion is declining in America mostly because of high apostasy rates among lukewarm or non-practising Christians. Ultra-religious conser-vative groups generally have a high retention rate thus promising a healthy growing population even in times of massive political changes. Have a look at the Dutch Bible belt, some parts of the Dutch Bible belt have fertility rates twice as high as the country's average and a thriving community even when the majority of Dutch people have become non-religious
    8
  5. ​ @gnosticpygmy4417 he is Czech
    1