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MaxHoppersGhost commented on South Korea's military has shrunk by 20% in six years as male population drops channelnewsasia.com/east-... · Posted by u/eagleislandsong

disgruntledphd2 · 17 days ago

What about the Irish in America then? Culturally, they were not Protestant and were regarded as very different for a long time. How come we don't hear about this as an issue in the US today?

MaxHoppersGhost · 14 days ago

They had a tough time integrating but ultimately they were Christian and European and had western values. Muslims don’t have any of that and their ideals of freedom amd rights aren’t compatible with western values.

MaxHoppersGhost commented on South Korea's military has shrunk by 20% in six years as male population drops channelnewsasia.com/east-... · Posted by u/eagleislandsong

toomuchtodo · 17 days ago

All countries will eventually experience population decline, it’s just the speed of each that is different [1]. Global fertility rate already appears to be below replacement rate. Even China appears to be below 1 at this time [2]. India and Africa will arrive there likely in the next ~5-10 years, depending on rate of empowerment of women.

[1] https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jesusfv/Slides_London.pdf

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44851759

MaxHoppersGhost · 17 days ago

Israel has a fertility rate of 3 and is very advanced so not all countries. It’s a cultural thing. We’ve given up religion and values for doomscrolling and dopamine hits.

MaxHoppersGhost commented on South Korea's military has shrunk by 20% in six years as male population drops channelnewsasia.com/east-... · Posted by u/eagleislandsong

derektank · 17 days ago

South Korea's birth rate is 0.7, which means for every 100 grandparents there will be only 12 grandchildren if things don't change. At the current pace, the South Korean population will be 32 million in 2075 and 11 million in 2125, and most of the people alive will be old. That's nearly as massive a change in the opposite direction as the drop in childhood mortality in the 20th century.

MaxHoppersGhost · 17 days ago

I suspect there will be some equilibrium reached but maybe not.

MaxHoppersGhost commented on South Korea's military has shrunk by 20% in six years as male population drops channelnewsasia.com/east-... · Posted by u/eagleislandsong

oezi · 17 days ago

Fear mongering.

Current net immigration inflows into Germany are below 0.5% of population.

The big immigration waves of the last 20 years can be directly linked to devastating wars: Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine.

How many generations did it take for the Germans to become Americans in the US? Did it make Americans disappear?

MaxHoppersGhost · 17 days ago

Germans mostly assimilated and culturally were similar to existing Americans, sharing the same religion and similar values. Can’t say the same for Muslim immigrants at all.

MaxHoppersGhost commented on South Korea's military has shrunk by 20% in six years as male population drops channelnewsasia.com/east-... · Posted by u/eagleislandsong

rr808 · 17 days ago

Its always amazing to me that South Korea is economically and politically much more successful and in that result it "won" the cold war of the last 50 years with its Northern counterpart. But its population is going to disappear so not much of a victory.

MaxHoppersGhost · 17 days ago

Same thing is happening to most counties in Europe but they’re “fixing it” with immigrants. But the Germany filled with Germans will be disappearing just as South Korea is.

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bluGill · 2 months ago

> the act of having a child is much more deliberate and the parents likely having more resources

This is both good and bad. Having a child is very difficult, but it gets harder as you get older. You lack a lot of monitory resources as a teen or the early 20s, but you have a lot more energy, as you get older your body starts decaying you will lack energy. A kid had at 40 will still be depending on your when you are 55 (kids is only 15), and if the kids goes to college may have some dependency on you when your peers are retiring. Plus if your kids have kids young as well as you, you be around and have some energy for grandkids.

Don't read the above as advocating having kids too young, it is not. However don't wait until you think it is the perfect time. If you are 25 you should be seriously thinking in the next 2 years, and by 30 have them (if of course kids are right for you - that is a complex consideration I'm not going to get into). Do not let fear of how much it will cost or desire for more resources first stop you from having kids when you are still young enough to do well.

MaxHoppersGhost · 2 months ago

I think having kids when you’re in your early 30s is the way to go but having kids at any age is great. I think waiting until later is a mistake because you want a full life with your kids and ideally you can bless your parents with grandkids (they most likely want one, even if they say they don’t). But not having kids because you “waited too long” is a bigger mistake.

Kids take a lot of energy but they also give you a lot, no matter the age. We are biologically hardwired to rise to the challenge of having kids no matter the age.

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MaxHoppersGhost · 2 months ago

0% chance European investigators find renewables at fault.

MaxHoppersGhost commented on Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests cnn.com/2025/06/09/politi... · Posted by u/sapphicsnail

speakfreely · 3 months ago

Yes, but their performative purpose is to create the illusion that the situation is out of the control of the civilian authorities.

MaxHoppersGhost · 3 months ago

Have you seen the photos? The situation is out of control. Cops were hiding under bridges while their cars are destroyed by rocks and Molotov cocktails. It’s a shitshow.

MaxHoppersGhost commented on Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests cnn.com/2025/06/09/politi... · Posted by u/sapphicsnail

Jtsummers · 3 months ago

A few years ago a bunch of protesters damaged a federal building and endangered federal workers and elected officials. They all got pardons. What is your opinion of that event and its outcome?

MaxHoppersGhost · 3 months ago

Jan 6 was also not ok. I’m good with lethal force to protect federal buildings and federal workers.

Nice try.