TillLindemann
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This year is the tipping point - their population will start shrinking this year. Will make it hard for their economy, especially as they rely so heavily on construction. Ecologically it is good.
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TillLindemann
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Xi Jinping is very different than other recent Chinese leaders. He is more autocratic, and less competent.
Magpie_Magic
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European populations are largely stagnant since WW1.
Paper economic growth rates may look poor but people are living better.
It seems when western materialism fuses with nations that primarily had strong family values you get people not marrying and having as many kids aka southern and eastern Europe, Korea, China etc.
As does expensive housing.
Paper economic growth rates may look poor but people are living better.
It seems when western materialism fuses with nations that primarily had strong family values you get people not marrying and having as many kids aka southern and eastern Europe, Korea, China etc.
As does expensive housing.
FinestTigers
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The Baby bonus scheme was intended to support parents with the costs of raising their newborns and also to encourage the growth of Australia's worrying fertility rate.
In 2013, the receivable amount was slashed from $5,000 to about $2000.
With today's world economic crisis and the very high cost of living (housing, food, fuel, and stagnant wages) there can be no amount of Baby bonus that could fix our worrying fertility rate.
The fertility rate will remain stagnant and even decline, unless of course the govt. Is willing to pay over $50,000 for each baby which then might move the fertility rate by an inch.
So Until then, we should all be welcoming all of those skilled migrants who are coming here and who are in fact contributing billions of dollars to our economy.
InBenjiWeTrust
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Yes, there are a lot of guilty parties. Uber is one of the worst:
Uber Australia coins it in pandemic, pays pocket fluff in tax - Michael West
Uber Australia’s which defines its drivers as “partners” not employees, is coining it with $7.3 billion in "collections". What’s the scam?
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TSP
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Yep, that’s my understanding of it too.
When China bites the bullet and reclaims Taiwan, I’d be more than happy to offer sanctuary to many Taiwanese.
And people forget that China is the biggest investor in Taiwan. You’re kind of half invading yourself.
But we need the government into housing across different levels, and sympathetic regional growth, fed by technology.
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TSP
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As for overall population growth, the environment would be better served if it slowed down but this would be more easily accomplished if we shared resources.
Take the need away for more kids I guess.
Then again, humankind wastes a lot of resources as it is.
In the long run, the planet can’t survive, scientists say this is the human epoch, but it’s not indefinite here.
If we end the world with wmd there’s talk of bugs and critters taking over for the next couple of milllions of years. That will be a riot. The mandible era.
You wonder whether the next generation of dominant life form will invent rugby league and then a future version of the Wests Tigers.
They could build a time machine and bring back high profile forum buddies @Demps and @WT2K to intervene and sign Bellamy at birth so when he comes of coaching age, whole of life contract.
Souths ex Richo as CEO and his own donut factory into the contract.
To the stars…
Take the need away for more kids I guess.
Then again, humankind wastes a lot of resources as it is.
In the long run, the planet can’t survive, scientists say this is the human epoch, but it’s not indefinite here.
If we end the world with wmd there’s talk of bugs and critters taking over for the next couple of milllions of years. That will be a riot. The mandible era.
You wonder whether the next generation of dominant life form will invent rugby league and then a future version of the Wests Tigers.
They could build a time machine and bring back high profile forum buddies @Demps and @WT2K to intervene and sign Bellamy at birth so when he comes of coaching age, whole of life contract.
Souths ex Richo as CEO and his own donut factory into the contract.
To the stars…
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FinestTigers
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Humans can never obliterate all humans, but those ones who will remain after a nuclear war will most likely be those who were in power and billionaires.
But they won't be known as billionaires then, they'll just be like those paesant farmers that they used to abuse and made their fake wealth from.
Those that used to be billionaires will be tilling the land and try to grow whatever that they can to feed their sick and hungry stomachs under a nuclear winter, while forever cursing their collegues for pushing that red button.
Would any one of them want to give up their comforts of life and push that damned red button?
Jedi_Tiger
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Full credit to Albanese telling Mr Bandt to pull his head in over not standing in front of the Australian flag on Monday
I will put this in the politics thread because it was Right Wing nutter politics (Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon) which caused it by stacking the court with hardline conservatives.The US supreme court have overturned the federal right of women to have abortions which basically throws the country into the "ideas" of the 16th century.
Guns are legal and out of control in a crazy society and now another act which hurts the majority of americans.
Guns are legal and out of control in a crazy society and now another act which hurts the majority of americans.
GNR4LIFE
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Child support is about to go through the roof. I can already hear Conservative white men in the South saying “Wait, this affects me too?”
Not sure. Either way, while comments like that are awful, but it doesn't change that she was ignored by her colleagues which resulted in a massive shift in regional power dynamic.
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