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[โ€“] rikudou@lemmings.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now do one without immigration. Is there even an EU country that has bigger birth rates than it did in 1990?

[โ€“] fr0g@feddit.de 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Which is just another reason why the aversion to immigration on display by such large parts of EU society at the moment is just so freaking dumb and counterproductive.

I agree with you, but you can't just change the demographic makeup of any territory without some resistance from the native population. Push back is to be expected. You can tell Europeans "your people will go extinct without this", the rational response would be to accept it, but people aren't always rational.

[โ€“] Sodis@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, let's wait until the Boomers go into retirement and the economy really crashes, due to the lack of manpower. Maybe some people will change their view on immigration then.

[โ€“] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nah, we can just lower their pensions when they aren't in power anymore.

What are they going to do, destroy the planet for profit even more?