Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "Why China's population is shrinking" video.

  1. Similar with nearly all urbanized countries, but China's population outlook is more similar to Europe during the Black Plague.
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  2.  @eoincampbell1584  Depends on the lifestyle. If we all turned vegan and had the motivation of a cow the Earth could theoretically support 40 billion. But if we lived like Westerners who are actively researching how to get off this planet before the Sun explodes it's more like just 1 billion.
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  3. All urbanized societies have a falling birthrate, but the US makes up for it in immigrants who compared to native-born are more healthy to move and hungry for work. China doesn't have this attraction, and throughout history keeps losing more people than it gains through other than births and conquest (neither of which are viable options anymore).
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  4. Not nearly as dramatically as China though.
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  5. Problem is China wants to remain an autocratic ethnostate, which is exactly what potential foreign immigrants don't desire. Given that choice it's more promising to stay home and hope a Chinese or any other company comes sets up shop with a "help wanted" sign.
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  6. STEM minded folks like the ones dominating the Chinese government often overlook or dismiss considerations that actually matter to people. Hence why in most other societies they're often infamously uninspiring as managers and rarely do well in politics.
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