Comment by baq

1 day ago

China demographics are disastrous, this is not propaganda, it’s facts. That doesn’t mean western aren’t disastrous.

I agree it won’t matter too much, they’ll automate more so they won’t need this many people.

So how is that a disaster? Wasn't one of the big concerns a decade or go about over population? This means less agriculture required, more land for nature, less pollution, fewer energy needs, etc.

  • It's a disaster for China's economy in the long term unless they automate themselves, which they'll very much want to do. It isn't a disaster for the natural ecosystem obviously.

    • Want to do? They’re doing it now, and are ahead of the west in some processes already. It’s a made up concern because they are a geopolitical rival. And their economy is already a major success story; they’ve lifted something like 800 million people out of abject poverty in the last 25 years.

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