Comments by "thomas grabkowski" (@thomasgrabkowski8283) on "Do The Japanese Not Want To Have Babies Anymore? | Street Interview" video.

  1. The different views is also why religious people tend to have more children than atheists because religious people tend to view having children as a blessing from god, while atheists are more likely to view it as just another burden out of many things
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  2. Japan’s citizenship law makes it almost impossible to become a naturalized citizen unfortunately
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  3. Well apparently people in the poorest continent Africa can but not people in the wealthy regions like Europe, North America and East Asia
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  4.  @marcodragneel8035  I’m saying generally it’s the case. Also I’m personally an atheist with the same views about children as you. It’s also why state atheist communist countries were far ahead of the economic development curve in terms of reducing birth rates
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  5.  @EvilKris  It depends on the context. If you originally hold a very weak passport, then getting Japanese citizenship and renouncing your original would benefit you
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  6.  @jamegumb7298  Europe and Russia despite those aren’t doing much better than Japan with birth rates tbh
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  7. Except East Asian countries don’t have immigrants to replace them
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  8. Including critically, immigrants from high birth rate countries with a tradition of big families. There’s a reason why birth rates are higher in the immigrant heavy countries of France, UK and Sweden compared to their neighbors and why Germany’s birth rates have now started to increase after tons of immigrants moved in recently
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  9.  @pointlessupdate  No country in Western Europe has above replacement birth rate. France is in fact the Western European country with the highest birth rate and even that is below replacement, and fyi Denmark’s birth rate is 1.72, which is below replacement of 2.1
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  10.  @universalsoldier811  Definitely
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  11. Also cities tend to lack space that’s needed to have families(like people won’t want to raise a big family in a small apartment)
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  12. Apparently Africans can
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  13. Okinawa was an American colony for decades before it was returned to Japan so there’s also American influence behind it
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  14. It was dropping for decades before COVID
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