• olbaidiablo @lemmy.ca
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    The Japanese return to right wing nut jobs is kind of hilarious. Double down on the racism that is causing their population to collapse.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      I’m not aware of a point when the Japanese turned away from right wing nut jobs. There’s been the same party in power for decades now.

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        This. Takaichi is literally Abe again. Conservative, ultra liberal economy and WW2 crimes negationism, all the good stuff… Nothing ever changes.

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          I think the point there is that immigration is used as a way to paper over the fact that living conditions in a country discourage people from actually having kids. It would not be necessary if people had maternal leave, sufficient time to raise children, social services, and so on.

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            Many countries have those things and it has had no effect on birth rates.

            Once birth rates start declining it doesn’t seem to be reversible within a single generation.

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              Which simply means that those countries also have societal pressures which favor not having children despite the measures they may be taking. Birth rates don’t decline because of magic, it’s a response to systemic pressures. It should be obvious that it’s possible to create different pressures within the society that favor different choices.

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        You have to be full blood Japanese to be considered Japanese and to be a citizen. So any Japanese who marry someone not Japanese is a large net loss for the society. Plus it’s impossible to become a citizen through immigration unless you’re somehow full blood Japanese.