Why do so many people foolishly praise China’s disastrous population policy?
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What will be the long-term problems when you have millions of young men who will never have the opportunity to marry?
A golden opportunity for the Japanese robotics industry I woudl wager.
Or perhaps China will look to neighboring countries to make up the shortage, voluntarily or otherwise.
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“Why do so many people foolishly praise China’s disastrous population policy?”
Because they secretly (or not so secretly) hate girls/consider girls inferior? 🙁
A golden opportunity for the Japanese robotics industry I woudl wager.
Now we know how the Cylons got started.
Because they secretly (or not so secretly) hate girls/consider girls inferior?
Or perhaps they like the central government having that sort of power over the population and want the same power for themselves?
What will happen with those young men? Depends on how well the government can keep weapons and alcohol away from them, especially if the economy drastically turns down.
“Why do so many people foolishly praise China’s disastrous population policy?”
Because the human species is somehow genetically predisposed to produce a certain number of usefull idiots in each generation.
“Paradise for girls”? I suppose if you like being chattel, constantly subject to possible kidnapping and rape, sure, quite the paradise…
Their parents may see them as a gold mine, but claim jumpers will too, and be willing to pay without asking too many question about sourcing.
War is the classical way of taking care of an over-abundance of young males. In Europe, the Crusades of the Middle Ages were as much a way to get the younger non-inheriting sons out of the way more than anything else.
It’s no wonder India is building up its military.
M Puckett Says:
“A golden opportunity for the Japanese robotics industry I would wager.”
Win.
War is the classical way of taking care of an over-abundance of young males.
Perfect time for a 100 billion dollar reduction in US defense expenditures, me thinks.
Uh huh. The US is outstripping China in war materials manufacture now.. imagine what total production would do. Not to mention the fact that the nuclear threat STILL WORKS.
Hmm, a surplusage of military age males without prospect of marriage, and a largely un(der)populated eastern Russia reputedly brimming with natural resources. Toss in a historic disregard for the lives of their own soldiers, shake briskly and pour out some potentially ‘interesting’ times in the Chinese sense. Who needs India, fighting in the Himalayas is hard.
There will be consequences… but no worries, we have plenty of sand to stick our heads in.
No one says they have to go to war with the US.
It’s worth noting that at the current differences in population growth rate, the US is projected to significantly close the population gap with China, mostly through immigration, but also through a modest positive birth rate. The UN projected (in 2004) that in 2050, that China will have roughly three times as many people as the US plus Canada (India, according to the projection, will be the largest country by population in 2050). Currently, China has four times as many people. If the UN projections are accurate through 2100, that disparity drops to around 2.5 mostly due to a decline in Chinese population.
Surplus males and surplus US treasuries. China’s balance sheet ain’t looking good.
Bad link.
What will be the long-term problems when you have millions of young men who will never have the opportunity to marry?
A golden opportunity for the Japanese robotics industry I woudl wager.
Or perhaps China will look to neighboring countries to make up the shortage, voluntarily or otherwise.
Link fixed now.
“Why do so many people foolishly praise China’s disastrous population policy?”
Because they secretly (or not so secretly) hate girls/consider girls inferior? 🙁
A golden opportunity for the Japanese robotics industry I woudl wager.
Now we know how the Cylons got started.
Because they secretly (or not so secretly) hate girls/consider girls inferior?
Or perhaps they like the central government having that sort of power over the population and want the same power for themselves?
What will happen with those young men? Depends on how well the government can keep weapons and alcohol away from them, especially if the economy drastically turns down.
“Why do so many people foolishly praise China’s disastrous population policy?”
Because the human species is somehow genetically predisposed to produce a certain number of usefull idiots in each generation.
“Paradise for girls”? I suppose if you like being chattel, constantly subject to possible kidnapping and rape, sure, quite the paradise…
Their parents may see them as a gold mine, but claim jumpers will too, and be willing to pay without asking too many question about sourcing.
War is the classical way of taking care of an over-abundance of young males. In Europe, the Crusades of the Middle Ages were as much a way to get the younger non-inheriting sons out of the way more than anything else.
It’s no wonder India is building up its military.
M Puckett Says:
“A golden opportunity for the Japanese robotics industry I would wager.”
Win.
War is the classical way of taking care of an over-abundance of young males.
Perfect time for a 100 billion dollar reduction in US defense expenditures, me thinks.
Uh huh. The US is outstripping China in war materials manufacture now.. imagine what total production would do. Not to mention the fact that the nuclear threat STILL WORKS.
Hmm, a surplusage of military age males without prospect of marriage, and a largely un(der)populated eastern Russia reputedly brimming with natural resources. Toss in a historic disregard for the lives of their own soldiers, shake briskly and pour out some potentially ‘interesting’ times in the Chinese sense. Who needs India, fighting in the Himalayas is hard.
There will be consequences… but no worries, we have plenty of sand to stick our heads in.
No one says they have to go to war with the US.
It’s worth noting that at the current differences in population growth rate, the US is projected to significantly close the population gap with China, mostly through immigration, but also through a modest positive birth rate. The UN projected (in 2004) that in 2050, that China will have roughly three times as many people as the US plus Canada (India, according to the projection, will be the largest country by population in 2050). Currently, China has four times as many people. If the UN projections are accurate through 2100, that disparity drops to around 2.5 mostly due to a decline in Chinese population.
Surplus males and surplus US treasuries. China’s balance sheet ain’t looking good.