• irmoz@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    And what causes fewer younger people?

    Couples not having children.

    What causes couples not to have children?

    Well, beyond simply not wanting them: economic insecurity. A more equitable economic system would remove that barrier.

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      1 month ago

      Population collapse is also occurring in communist countries. China additionally scuppered themselves by previously putting taxes on multi-child families to get ahead of overpopulation and in doing so accelerated the collapse of the working population ahead of that in capitalist countries.