Re: "The Only Thing They Learn" -- does anyone else find it irritating?

On Jun 27, 11:00 am, jdnic...@xxxxxxxxx (James Nicoll) wrote:
In article <896d0b2a-6990-445c-be5a-07d4d0c13...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,Quadibloc  <jsav...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 27, 9:09 am, Charlton Wilbur <cwil...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The low birth rate is brought about by three things: (a)
reliable, safe, socially acceptable birth control; (b) women empowered
enough to insist on birth control, refuse sex, or have abortions; and
(c) industrialization and a social safety net, or the illusion of one,
that makes having lots of children unnecessary for unpaid labor or for
support in one's old age.

Yes, there is such a thing as a demographic transition, but Europe's
_current_ birth rates are too low to be accounted for by that alone,
since they're much lower than the birth rate of the United States.

        It's the other way round. The US's birthrates are atypically
high for an industrialized nation.
--http://www.livejournal.com/users/james_nicollhttp://www.cafepress.com/jdnicoll(For all your "The problem with
defending the English language [...]" T-shirt, cup and tote-bag needs)

A low birthrate such as Rome, Europe is a sign of a declining
civilization. Ken Hogan
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