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 Japan is the canary in the coal mine here. Consider that American male zoomers are now largely hikkimori

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 @Kenny Blankenship apparently Japan fertility rate is higher than China and Korea
So I guess abe's propaganda worked somewhat? :awoo_shrug: 
 why should I care that my country collapses if i can't get pussy, labor doesn't pay enough to build a house, and foreigners get all free shit that's denied to me? 
 Going the way of the Panda is much more dignified than being raped and murdered by terrorists and cannibals. Japan does not need uncontrolled immigration. Adolph Hitler gave married couples producing children discounted housing, twenty five percent off the purchase of a house for every child the couple produced. Perhaps Japan could enact similar policies to promote population growth? 
 So lower unemployment and cheaper housing? Don't threaten me with a good time! 
 The demographic crisis in the East is different from the one in the West. In the East, people aren't having kids because their countries are full, real estate prices are high, and there's nowhere to put them. It's a natural problem to have, and growth will drop for a little while, and then people will die of old age and people will have kids again.

In the West, people aren't having kids because, consciously or otherwise, they see that they're being demonized by the regime, and they see that they're essentially being used as bloodbags for a neverending horde of third world parasites. Nobody wants that future for their child.