It's an interesting article, but it "What ended the Baby Boom? In three words: second wave feminism."
I don't think so. Who needs "second wave feminism" when, for example, the communists can make it against the law to have more than one child? Isn't it simpler to acknowledge that massive leftist government and NGO policies to decrease population had an effect?
It's an interesting article, but it "What ended the Baby Boom? In three words: second wave feminism."
I don't think so. Who needs "second wave feminism" when, for example, the communists can make it against the law to have more than one child? Isn't it simpler to acknowledge that massive leftist government and NGO policies to decrease population had an effect?
Second wave feminism is communism. The NGOs and government prop up women above their market value at the expense of men. Communists in the Soviet Union were sending women to the workplace and having women wear pants (and not skirts) long before they affected Western countries.
Excellent point. It looks like the governments' depopulation programs were unnecessary overkill; other factors, including leftist feminism and weakening the family as a system, were going to do the job anyway
The government is always going to be a kingmaker for factions. The government will either be pro-family or anti-family; there is nothing in between. It might not be as explicit as compulsory laws, but it will have favorable rhetoric and treatment for certain people and not others.
While it is nice to talk about general trends, I do think we get lost in the weeds with abstract ideology, forgetting what the implications are. I would love to discuss individual policies on a case-by-case basis. Sometimes details are important. For examples, I saw libertarians and conservatives arguing with each other, and I was like "do we even know what we are talking about? What specific laws are we going to have?" I definitely like specificity over broad abstract ideologies. I will be me, and you can classify me as you see fit.
"I definitely like specificity over broad abstract ideologies."
IMHO this one advantage that the leftists have and exploit. Their ideas are less parts of an ideology than they are tactics to use to move the Overton window and advance their political agenda.
And, yes, rightists believer their ideology and become obsessed with arguing about ideas and do not get to the point of acting on specifics.
Good point. You're right, South Korean fertility rate is .72 and the government is getting desperate.
So I guess the question is one of cause-and-effect? Were the government efforts to decrease the population just ineffectual effects of the coming depopulation?
It's an interesting article, but it "What ended the Baby Boom? In three words: second wave feminism."
I don't think so. Who needs "second wave feminism" when, for example, the communists can make it against the law to have more than one child? Isn't it simpler to acknowledge that massive leftist government and NGO policies to decrease population had an effect?
Second wave feminism is communism. The NGOs and government prop up women above their market value at the expense of men. Communists in the Soviet Union were sending women to the workplace and having women wear pants (and not skirts) long before they affected Western countries.
Excellent point. It looks like the governments' depopulation programs were unnecessary overkill; other factors, including leftist feminism and weakening the family as a system, were going to do the job anyway
The government is always going to be a kingmaker for factions. The government will either be pro-family or anti-family; there is nothing in between. It might not be as explicit as compulsory laws, but it will have favorable rhetoric and treatment for certain people and not others.
While it is nice to talk about general trends, I do think we get lost in the weeds with abstract ideology, forgetting what the implications are. I would love to discuss individual policies on a case-by-case basis. Sometimes details are important. For examples, I saw libertarians and conservatives arguing with each other, and I was like "do we even know what we are talking about? What specific laws are we going to have?" I definitely like specificity over broad abstract ideologies. I will be me, and you can classify me as you see fit.
"I definitely like specificity over broad abstract ideologies."
IMHO this one advantage that the leftists have and exploit. Their ideas are less parts of an ideology than they are tactics to use to move the Overton window and advance their political agenda.
And, yes, rightists believer their ideology and become obsessed with arguing about ideas and do not get to the point of acting on specifics.
Fertility collapsed as much in other East Asian countries that didn't implement one child policies.
Good point. You're right, South Korean fertility rate is .72 and the government is getting desperate.
So I guess the question is one of cause-and-effect? Were the government efforts to decrease the population just ineffectual effects of the coming depopulation?
What I find disturbing is that South Korea has a lower fertility rate than Japan. Like, when did that happen?