Japan ‘on verge of no longer functioning’ after birth rate plummets to record new low
Japan saw record 1.6 million deaths last year as births marked a 5% fall
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"It's so expensive to have children in Japan that birthrate is further declining."
I swear to God these people couldn't connect the dots with a GPS.
Surely if they just instill good Christian moral values like forced birth, racism, and tribal isolationism all their problems will be solved.
I mean, Japan is one of the more isolationist countries on earth. And racism is a massive issue. Christianity isn't a major factor, but traditional views on the roles of women and the set up of the household are a major challenge.
If you didn't notice, those aren't Christian values. They are christo-fascist values.
At least in the US those are basically the same thing
You associate how every you like but I wouldn't just hand evangelicals the title they so desperately desire.
The other groups largely voted with evangelicals to make our country a fascist nation about 60 40. They don't deserve as a group to be considered distinct
They don't deserve to be associated with jesus, what's your point?
If Catholics, Evangelicals, etc etc etc all don't deserve to be associated with Jesus who does again?
I think Jesus says himself:
Matthew 25:40-45
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
U.S dwelling Christian anarchist here.
I'm sorry for your terrible experiences with so-called "christians" that bought into the americapitalist death cult. Heck, politics aside, everyone's had a run-in at some point. We're embattled with those types, too.
But nah, there's plenty of Christians here that actually read the source material and we're trying our best out here.
We're just harder to spot because we're busy trying to love our neighbor(everyone) and facilitate peace and hope, imperfect as we may be. But we're trying.
They don't build mega/(maga?)churches for people like that. These folks don't get featured on the news, or end up in positions of power, because if they get the chance, they talk about the "Love your enemies" and "The rich won't enter Heaven" Jesus of the Gospel, not "supply-side God will make you rich Jesus."
They're not trying to force theocratic policy, or sling hatred, or act obnoxious in the streets, and they're definitely not wearing stupid little red hats.
If you encounter one of us, you might not even realize it. If we're doing a good job, we're somebody who "looks like they could help.", someone you can trust, and will show you an unusual amount of kindness for someone you barely know.
If it comes around to it, we'll share the Bible as a gift, like how anyone nerds out about what they love, not use it as a bludgeoning instrument.
We're incredibly angry about the State Religion calling itself "evangelical", and we're right there with you in opposing these monsters doing the works of Hell.
The churches of the early United States were straight up based. For real, the tophats and monacles of the day thought churches were a leftist threat, and basically systematically undermined them and warped them into capitalism's ardent apologists we see today. (See: "Behind the Bastards: How the Rich Ate Christianity. It's mind blowing.)
Anyway, much love, stay safe out there. ❤️
Ah yeah I assumed you meant the extreme interpretations of Christian values.
The problems over there are the same problems Americans are starting to rekon with. That's why you see Vance and his ilk push for this fetishized version of the American dream where every MAGA male gets their own concubine. It's fantasy and has the exact wrong chilling effect. As it's trying to answer the same racist question, "more of us less of them." While what they need is a healthy population which they refuse to recognize requires a diverse composition with plenty of resources.
I'm not sure why all the sarcasm. I mean, America's problems have all been solved.
Is this supposed to be a jab at people criticising Christianity? Because the same problems can be found in non-Christian countries, does not mean Christianity didn't have a role in what happened elsewhere
No, it's describing how fascists all share similar beliefs, no matter what you call it or where they're from.
I'm not sure how true this statement is. I go to Japan every year and the child care infrastructure there is incredible.
The healthcare is icredible - you can literally summon healthcare assistant if youe kid is sick at any point for free to your home
Then there's incredible public transporatiob system, parks, everything is equipped with child support and even culture heavily respects kids so they can do most things independently.
I think they mean expensive time and desire wise and Japanese still work incredible hours many of which seem to actually negatively impact productivity. People don't feel like such investment is worth it and tbh that could easily shift around with cultural changes but Japan is very allergic to those.
This is an interesting point. So apparently the problems of having that terrible working culture are solved for (ish) to promote procreation, but it's not helping. Gee, I wonder if possibly creating a society of miserable people and making it easier for them to create more people they presume will be miserable doesn't work because they just don't want to do that.
But what about housing? If you live in a shoebox with no hope of getting a larger place, it's unlikely that you're gonna have kids.
Housing is pretty good in Japan outside of Tokyo, especially if you don't mind a bit of a train ride
pretty much the same in korea, i think korea is slightly worst off, china is beginning to see its effects too, they already trying to change that by "encouraging more sex", but they arnt solving the underlying issue, which is the one-child policy that devastated the female to male ratio and HCOL. and they also have harsh work ethic.
slightly worst off
worse* off
My first two kids were born in Japan, and they were actually pretty cheap. The local city gives you some money (a few thousand) when your child is born, and day care was good and super cheap, like $10 per day because it was subsidized.
It really wasn't very expensive.
That an average situation? perhaps you were financially better off than the rest
I was better off, but this was an average government subsidized day care, a neighborhood Hoikuen (保育園). Everything else was just normal stuff. In fact, we didn't qualify for the few thousand from the city office because we were ex-pats. Medical is free for Japanese. So where are the costs?
You can thank their housing market
Well it does get a lot more expensive when almost everybody wants to live in the same tiny square of the country Tokyo's population will decline in 2035 according to some estimates
With Japan, they only have so much inhabitable land anyway. It's a mountainous island where all viable land is already pretty much taken.
where all viable land is already pretty much taken.
Very much untrue, the actual issue with living away from one of the major cities is the same thing the US is dealing with: capitalism and a highway system (HSR there) encouraging suburban sprawl and the death of the small town. No need to visit 5 different shops in your small town if you're going to pass a Donqi on your train ride into work. Then people eventually just move away from the smaller towns entirely to be closer to where the work and businesses are, and the cycle deepens
Although yeah, Japan is about 2/3 as big as California so it's not as big as people think on top of that