China Enforces Childbirth: Birthrate Plummets 92%, Aging Might Surpass Japan as World’s Highest

Due to financial constraints, young people in China are hesitant to date, marry, or have children. The previously eager Chinese population regarding childbearing has suddenly become one of the least interested groups. Over a mere decade, from 2013 to 2023, China's population has halved, with its birth rate plummeting to the lowest globally.
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[@mi5jason]

You mean people faced with crushing poverty and terrible working conditions don’t want to make their lives harder? Shocking.

[@Shikuesi]

But the Chinese have never been richer. How did they grow to 1.4 billion to start with?

[@givinnatanlie4619]

@@Shikuesi manufacturing. Everything are "made in china" that's how they got rich now the underaged factory worker don't wanna work like slaves anymore

[@mari-mari-yasno]

​@@ShikuesiPreviously, in an agrarian society, children from an early age were workers for their family, and their birth was profitable. Now, when people increasingly live in cities, and child labor in factories is prohibited, children are becoming a burden that eats up money. It's simple

[@mi5jason]

@@Shikuesi Some people in China are very rich, it’s estimated 600 million people barely make enough to feed themselves. I’m a Commercial Diver I harvest geoduck it all goes to China. It’s very expensive once it reaches China several hundred US dollars per kilogram. The people who can afford that in China are in the minority not the majority.

[@Whatsup_Abroad]

​@mi5jason Nah, I've been all over China. Even in the tiny villages in the middle of nowhere people eat good. Been to more than 100 cities and villages so far. Speak the lingo too

[@winged500]

I'm old enough to remember when China had the one child rule. Most couples only wanted a son.

[@totalynotcatherine]

Me, too. (but that's not saying much, since it ended in 2016)

[@winged500]

@@totalynotcatherine I am just glad to find out that they ended that rule. I didn't know until this video.

[@Michael-uc2pn]

It's almost like centrally planned economies and societies don't work. (-9000 social credit)

[@PanicByNumbers]

Why only sons?

[@winged500]

@@PanicByNumbers Because sobs carry on the family name.

[@countessk]

I keep seeing the word "birth", and not so much about the actual raising of the children. Just birth. That is concerning.

[@Nitra813]

That part.

[@roxyroxelle]

yeah, they don't care about the wellbeing of children, like all govenrments .

[@keithcass257]

@@roxyroxellepretty obvious when the childcare center’s are all going out of business

[@emilyzhang5651]

Because once a woman gives birth, they are essentially trapped into caring for the child. The rich and the government doesn't give a crap about the wellbeing of kids, only that there are enough people for them to exploit

[@eek1759]

Yes it's a surprisingly similar to the Pro-Life movement in the US: You must have children, whether you can care for them or not, and we will not help you in any way once you have them!

[@airofd]

the wolves are mad that the sheep aren't reproducing

[@tamara_diamonds422]

Exactly

[@donaldmaxie5264]

Wolves still gotta eat.

[@KneelB4Bacon]

Yup. And this isn't just a problem for the exploiters in China, either,

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@KneelB4Bacon In America the wolves just import more sheep from the south.

[@kirerunte1046]

Naw this is all part of the plan of the people with real power

[@ibbledibble]

so university grads can't find jobs, but they're supposed to have children?

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

Typical CCP failed logic. They even think that they can invade Taiwan.

[@lindageorge8209]

Well if they send them out to the country to work on farms as mere farm labourers, perhaps they'll get bored, have some fun, and make babies?

[@blackellegirl]

@@lindageorge8209no one wants to do backbreaking work on a farm for shitty pay as a college graduate. Sorry! Their birth rate will continue to decline…

[@danarthur771]

@@lindageorge8209 china with arab mindset 😂

[@novaboy1174]

​@@lindageorge8209 22 years of intense education only to be sent to the countryside. What kind of logic is that ? 😂

[@AntonyP24]

Chinese women are expected to take care of kids, work, and take care of elderly??

[@Kay-uy4xn]

That's common the world over

[@pedroantares9826]

And still be beatiful, don't forget that the common work load is 9/9 6 days of the week

[@johnnyreb1209]

They aren’t expected to work and they aren’t expected to take care of the parents. You’re describing the duties of the Chinese men. That’s why during the one child policy, everyone chose to have a son and not daughters.

[@arc8584]

@@johnnyreb1209they live with the son. You think the son is doing all the cooking cleaning and caretaking for his parents in the home? No, that overwhelmingly still falls on the daughter in law.

[@Nymeria64]

@@johnnyreb1209 No. They wanted a son to carry on the family name, it is the daughters that take care of the cooking, cleaning and caretaking.

[@Oldfogey2014]

The Chinese government should pay back the fines they collected from families who breached the one-child policy, and compensate those who were forced to have abortions.

[@annmarieknapp]

They will never do that. Meanwhile, many Americans adopted thousands of female infants it was a miracle were born.

[@jillw892]

​@@annmarieknapp I work with a lady. Born in 1968. Her American family flew over and adopted her

[@jillw892]

True, I work with a lady born in 1968. Her American family flew over and adopted her. We have the same birthday 😊

[@tabithan2978]

China forced millions of women to abort wanted babies, and put millions of girls up for adoption. 🤷🏼‍♀️. CCP is horrific!

[@Oldfogey2014]

I can’t help thinking that American people values a Chinese girl more so than Chinese people do thanks to Marxism-Lenism, which has perverted Chinese society.

[@crackjoker-yb8jp]

Oh the irony. When China said 'you can only have one child' many people were desperate to have more children. China now says ' please have as many children as you want' many people are saying we don't want any thanks.

[@gab1172]

lol 😂

[@nobillismccaw7450]

How long before the government change their policy again on-a whim? An extra child today might be used to fine you for overpopulation tomorrow.

[@trianglesandsquares420]

Wow, it's almost as if some people want more kids and some want less

[@reinertgregal1130]

@@trianglesandsquares420 It's not some. The majority don't want children now and the ones who want, have like 1 or 2.

[@CaffeineHag]

​@@reinertgregal1130 It's happening in a lot of places across the world. Not just China. Americas birth rate was decreasing and they banned abortions to keep that from being the trend.

[@RavenHaili]

Who know treating people like cattle and showing how little you care about them would result in them having zero sympathy with you. Wow, yet another obvious conclusion.

[@paulinelarson465]

Point that out to Drumpfy Inc. ! !

[@cosmicreef5858]

Animals are EQUAL? You do not treat ANYONE like this you psycho?

[@Blandopinion]

A lot of baby girls, future wives that their sons could have married, were aborted Due to the one child policy. It kind of sucks that the only way to get china to culturally care about women is to impact Chinese men. 1 in 5 girls were aborted. If you are poor you are more likely to have a girl because the zygote containing the x chromosome is more resilient, if you have an easy life you are more likely to have a boy because the y chromosome is fragile. Being poor impacts your nutritional intake and this can affect the gender of the baby. Lots of y zygotes get self aborted by the body because of stress and poor living conditions. Temperature can also affect the gender of the baby. If you are constantly cold it might kill the infant inside of you, if you can afford to heat your house in the winter your child will survive. Those in the city had the money to pay for a girl, then they could try for a boy. But those in the poor countryside would abort girls so they could have a male son as traditionally sons were the only ones that inherited and they also got the family name.

[@adrianaloborec2205]

Yeah... don't know why all those women don't simply say they are barren, rather than waste time arguing with the government.

[@RIGGEDSTOLEN2020election]

​@@paulinelarson465TDS😂

[@wheezysqueezebox7651]

Work, from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. 6 days per week Pay: not enough to make ends meet... No help, with medical expenses... Kids are expensive! And take a lot of work and time, to raise! Young people are stretched to the limit... They're smart, to say no to childbirth!

[@kirerunte1046]

We also work alot and catn afford anything in this country so ima just work as little as possible and enjoy what happens

[@RonLo]

CCCP is taking all the money for the military, themselves and the surveillance state.

[@Mindgoblin5]

​@kirerunte1046 you're in china?

[@kirerunte1046]

@CatBug1100 lol, no, I'm in the pea dough central of the world that everyone worships like God but a basic job doesn't pay for the basics and housing

[@soco13466]

Communism was supposed to make life easier for the proles. It just makes life not worth living

[@LadyHeathersLair]

Nothing like the government telling you how many children to have. 🙄

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

Especially when it can't make it's mind up, and reverses policy every few decades.

[@gordo3582]

And yet the population will be cut in half in coming decades if they don't... (not that there's anything wrong with that)

[@goldensun441]

Anything run by the state is always done poorly. Governent should be as small as it can be to serve its purpose

[@realglutenfree]

​@@goldensun441 Governments should police companies and rich people. But in the sense of environmental responsibilities, workers protection laws etc. I live in a rich country that governs a lot, but I'm mostly happy with the rules. The only thing that annoys me is the 30% taxation of minimum wage workers while the rich have fake addresses in tax free countries

[@dearthditch]

They had so much more luck when they only had to kill babies. Sigh. Poor Xi

[@oculartremors]

People having kids so someone can care for them in their old age calling childless people "selfish" is pretty damn rich.

[@TheJarric]

its not childles old leech off from those that did

[@hallooos7585]

It’s always young vs old, poor vs rich

[@selenamayfield5165]

​@@TheJarric nobody is leeching off people with kids. Get a grip

[@selenamayfield5165]

​@@TheJarric people who have kids barely contribute

[@TheJarric]

@@selenamayfield5165 yes not only they pay social for them they all so pay childles and theyre replacers

[@genuinsanity]

All organisms stop breeding when the environment is out of balance .

[@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite]

*Believe it or not, what you're saying is what they were saying is the movie Lucy, if you haven't seen the movie Lucy you should, type/search for it in the KZbin search engine.*

[@michah321]

especially crowded conditions and lack of resources

[@geigertec5921]

They live in the mouse utopia experiment.

[@michah321]

@@geigertec5921 exactly!

[@BrutusAlbion]

​@@geigertec5921 Have you looked at Gaza? That place is literally bursting at the seams with overcrowding and yet they continue to breed like rabbits. In fact most arab countries are severely overpopulated for the natural resources they have, especially water but Gaza is an exception above all metrics in terms of living space, water, food, etc all being over stretched beyond any limit. Then they blame israel for the lack of free water, food, electricity, etc. 😆

[@chandan4156]

The Rich is angry that they can't find enough cheap factory labour to keep them rich

[@BongChile]

Pretty much this. I also feel like those activists to prevent unalive are simply there to keep their workforce that will work for dirt cheap from leaving the world

[@bounceday]

They can just hire those over 35

[@ashleywilson8877]

No they have computers

[@eugeniababyqueenmascheroni4257]

This is absolutely right.

[@Shem-x2w]

Looks like it is ALREADY there, China or other countries need more babies for laborers. Governments ruining nature's of female and making children not for rich ppl or government to overrules theirs life were so WRONGLY. It hard explain because they're stubborn as animals the rich government hurt females.

[@martink6254]

Man complaining “This generation can’t be manipulated any more” about sums it all up for me. Kudos to the young for seeing reality for what it is.

[@cosmicreef5858]

PEOPLE Have NOTHING to do with the gender

[@cheshireket3132]

​@@cosmicreef5858🤣 Sex =/= Gender btw

[@SoulTouchMusic93]

@@cosmicreef5858 he meant human

[@ExaValkur]

These youth understand supply and demand very well. Time for the wealthy to give up their yachts and mansions.

[@analyticalhabitrails9857]

You mean, THE PRIVATE, MULTI-MULTI-TRILLIONAIRES!!!!!!!

[@brianboye8025]

Or raise a couple dozen children each.

[@icosthop9998]

​@@brianboye8025 yeah

[@floxy20]

Yes, the Soviet policy against the Kulaks was such a success. Who manufactures yachts and mansions? Skilled and semi-skilled workers, you fool.

[@arfajob4246]

​@@brianboye8025 Yup, the inner circle fat cats & iron rice bowl brothers need to get rooting for the party. 😁 And their brides need to take one (three), for the team! 😁

[@BizzeeB]

It's almost like, if a society is completely broken, the young don't want to bring more people into it. What an unsurprising conclusion...

[@shawn576]

This also happens in wild animals. Animals in captivity don't reproduce.

[@fmor2779]

I mean, there was an experiment with rats that pretty much summarized what could happen with overpopulation, Universe 25 was that experiment, at one point the rats stopped having babies because in their limited space the competition for anything was too much. The worst? At one point they started killing each other, I fear this might happen.

[@catharsismemory]

You can't force men and women to have kids, this will be disastrous. When conditions get better people will have families

[@sanakiddy2883]

No...if thirty years pass with kess kids. Then you cannot return to normal.

[@cosmicreef5858]

outside of the country ou mean because after this EVIL act things can NOT get better No sane person would want to give birth in under n insane dictature kind of cult

[@littleman6950]

Eh... you can encourage it through allowing it. It won't be pretty. There are a LOT of lonely and frustrated men in the world right now. All it takes to enable them is to deny women the right to say "no" or make being single much less desirable than being married. Between the rich needing more workers and customers and frustrated lonely men, I do fear women's rights will be irrepairably undone.

[@lifeisfunny6486]

​@@littleman6950same

[@tommysalami420]

@@sanakiddy2883 So be it then. Should've created a society worth living in.

[@bonniemoon6790]

Chinese government: well well well..if it isnt the consequences of my own actions

[@lowhong244]

Chinese government: well well well..if it isnt the consequences of my [slave]' disbobedion.

[@nocturnaljoe9543]

Reminds me of the time when they killed many thousands of birds.

[@DanielM.-mq4rm]

In china it is worst, but the same thing is happening in europe and amerika too. Young people are done being exploited and not be able to afford what their parents could

[@onedeadcat]

@@DanielM.-mq4rm You whataboutism is pathetic, CCP wumao.

[@gendoruwo6322]

for being so powerful beyond compare.... CCP sure is idiotic.

[@michaelbizon444]

When you can't own the land you live on, why would having more children bring anything but debt? It's not like every one is a party member.

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

You can't own land in the U.S. You can only be a tenant and buy the exclusive right to occupy the land you're on. Your money isn't your own. Whenever you use it in trade or commerce, you pay a sales tax which is the rental fee for using the semi-private money system of the Fed Reserve.

[@Knight-lj7fz]

​@BlackPill-pu4vi The illusion of ownership will become more obviously a illusion in a little while.

[@savagefist1029]

@@BlackPill-pu4vi Yep, try not paying your property taxes for 3 years and see what happens. There is no true ownership even in the land of the 'free'.

[@Soufriere84]

​@@BlackPill-pu4vi The hell are you talking about? Even by libertarian/Objectivist standards that rant sounds f*cking dumb

[@PsyrenXY]

@@savagefist1029 Taxes exist therefore everywhere is China is a hell of a take.

[@_Kyprioth_]

My best friend was conceived in China in 1991 with her parents already having one child. Thankfully, her parents and sibling were able to immigrate to Australia before her birth! Her parents went on to have a total of 4 children and were incredibly financially frugal for over 20 years. The result of this is that her parents retired quite young and are living in their own beautiful home in Sydney (all 6 of them had lived in a 2 bedroom home behind their restaurant for the previous 20 years!) I often think that families like theirs are the kind who would have truly benefited China as a whole. Their 4 children became a pharmacist, accountant, engineer and a doctor. Due to the one child policy, China forever lost an incredibly hard working couple, but also 4 incredibly talented young people (3 of which are now parents themselves!)

[@cc-by8uk]

In China they might not had the same vita.

[@robertbarnhill488]

Its not just China.People everywhere know the future is bleak

[@nothereyetlost]

Only bc of men

[@adamwe9143]

Yeah blame men for feminism, hookup culture, toxic relationships, not earning more than privileged women, or paying more for wife support (I mean child support). When they sleep around and expect a sucker to support another man’s child, respectable men will eventually remove themselves from a losing situation. This isn’t even half of the reasons the newer generation aren’t reproducing or striving for better. This will bring the human population closer to extinction.

[@amandare4065]

The future is bleak the future is Black … Cuz we out here having children 😁

[@gammonbunji9292]

@@nothereyetlost no because of women, they don't want to be mothers

[@kubasniak]

​@@nothereyetlostwhat????

[@carlsitler9071]

Can't have slave labor without slaves.

[@h35biznez]

HAHAHHAHAHA, BRUTAL

[@Lingua.Bailey]

Damn… they hated when people had another child after the first… and I had friends whose parents lost their jobs or who lost their homes for having a second child. Yet now they are on everyone to have 3!?!?!

[@JesusLovesEVERYTHING]

Wow.... That's terrible, literally punishing people for the same thing they want now. What's insane is that they think people will forget that shyt and go along with what the government wants

[@anniewang9723]

​@@JesusLovesEVERYTHINGPeople do forget. The government is very good with making people forget.

[@InsiderBoy]

They need you to have children so they will have soldiers for the future wars.

[@mah7961]

Basically canon fodder.

[@makedredd299]

The more immediate explanation is that China’s old population is growing so large, that not enough young people can take care of the elderly. More than having enough soldiers for war.

[@lifeofdolly5206]

Just build a bunch of battle droids instead.

[@InsiderBoy]

@@lifeofdolly5206 Omg! Yes!!! That’d be awesome! Lol.

[@Iluthra]

Maybe have no wars so citizens aren't lost. I read Xi and putin are planning together. Not very smart, is it?

[@LadyMarigoldWithers]

Just give any couple who want kids a free house, it’s that simple isn’t it? If they’re that desperate for new people then that’s the price. This is the CCP’s fault for interfering in the natural order of things via one child policy.

[@ironboy3245]

i wonder which genius decided on the one child policy, clearly someone that didn't know how to do math or long term planning

[@laughingshaman1]

A free house, make education free, get rid of 996 work, give a year of paid parental leave per child, free healthcare, then people might consider having children.

[@selalewow]

@@ironboy3245 The same geniuses who thought that killing the birds that ate some of the grain was a great idea, causing the Great Famine due to an exploding insect population. This is the direct cause of the one child policy. Not forward thinkers but knee jerk reactionists.

[@jacquelynn2051]

They ain't that desperate...yet

[@paintfatpurple7394]

@@ironboy3245 mao

[@masudashizue777]

You're free to do whatever you want. That's how it should be in 2024. I'm 70 and unmarried and have never regretted my decision.

[@YuubiTimberwolf]

I strive to achieve that, 30, single and happy, if i look around to people of my age, they strugglexso much. I dont want that for me.

[@SAR-re1fx]

​@@YuubiTimberwolf I'm 33, single by choice ( I rejected two men this year) and Im really happy. Most of my friends of my age are either married with no kids, divorced already or have kids and are struggling with this economy. I dont want that for me.

[@Neonite1305alt]

Good for you all, maybe I should stay single. (I'm 13 btw.)

[@suzannakoizumi8605]

I feel sad for you. Children are a blessing. You just don't know how wonderful a family is.

[@benoliver5593]

That is China it's only one small failure from going North Korea on its population

[@hadishamson393]

This isnt limited to the chinese. Its the same for all the industrialized, modern cities and countries. Basically poor people are leaving the responsibility of child rearing to the rich cos they cannot afford to but the rich people are too selfish to raise many children. The only people who can do businesses are the rich people with capital. So why doesnt the gov enforce this on the rich since they are rich enough to actually support multiple children?

[@Apophis1010]

The capitalist system requires both parents to work and makes everything expensive. The dream of the World Economic Consortium, that you will own nothing and be happy leaves no room for children

[@ashliselberg5444]

Because the rich can leave and because the rich pay them.

[@jwill540]

Poor people in the US have more children so your thesis is incorrect. Taxes subsidize the poor at the expense of the middle class not to mention fiat currency and low interest rates allow for inflation.

[@hadishamson393]

@@jwill540 the middle class is no longer middle class. we are poor but of course that is subjective. You are right though middle class are the target group being imposed upon.

[@AW-uv3cb]

Not having children is not selfish, it's a personal decision that everyone should be able to make for themselves, regardless of their economic status. Rich people don't owe the state children any more than poor people. What's selfish is forcing others to have children regardless of their wishes because YOU think they should have them. If governments want people to have more children, they should provide economic conditions where people feel secure and know they won't be left with nothing should something happen (like losing a job or a serious illness in the family); where they can believe in a safe future for their kids (physically, economically and politically); where they know they can still thrive professionally as parents (so childcare and especially incentives for women who clearly invest more time and energy into having a child than their partners, and who still bear a disproportional burden of childcare, which affects their earnings and, as a result, their quality of life when they retire); good healthcare during pregnancy and birth (and of course later for the children); and also they should destigmatise and support single parents and invest in fertility treatments for people who want to have children. Forcing ANYONE to have a child against their wishes is just wrong and cruel, both for the parents in question and the children that are born to them.

[@HawkinaBox]

"Back in the day, people had 5 children." BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THEM TO RUN FARMS AND TAKE CARE OF SIBLINGS BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS WERE BUSY OR INCAPIBLE!!

[@lizzyisbored9882]

An also there was a high infant mortality rate as well

[@foodie_nightos]

​@@lizzyisbored9882 Very high mortality rate. The population barely grew ( a growth almost as slow /slower than nowadays) despite women having 12-20 children in their lifetime.

[@cosmicreef5858]

Bceuase people were more BRAINWSHED you mean becaue that was NOT a reason AT ALL to have kids? There is NO "need" they were just useless a a person(not because of illnesses but because of the thinking) and thought that kids are someonehow them or objects

[@catharsismemory]

sadly, a lot of people only had a lot kids for free labor or additional labor.

[@lizzyisbored9882]

@@foodie_nightos that's because of child mortality rate causing the whole population mortality to be lower. Once you got to adult hood you will probably live unit your 60's assuming there was no famine or plague at the time.

[@Celisar1]

Sadly this documentary fails completely with pointing out one very important factor: the misogyny and sexism of Chinese culture. Misogyny: millions of women have never been born or were killed as infants and are missing now. Sexism: women over 27 are deemed undesirable and too old for marriage. There is even a Chinese word for them. Doesn’t matter if they are beautiful, educated and successful- they are looked down upon and hardly ever find a partner.

[@cairoanderson7944]

Plus the views of men towards women and violence in s.x becoming a "normal" and commonly consumed fantasy makes it unappealing and frankly too risky.

[@pedroantares9826]

Where are women over 27 considered undesirable in China? What I see is just women crying that they can't find anyone successful enough for them. The more beautiful, educated, and successful they are, the higher their standards. It's just as you say; there are a lot more men than women, so women can always be picky.

[@Mimi-zm9ry]

Also I hate how childish image of a woman is considered beautiful. And “desirable” women's age is 14-25. I will never understand a culture, where children are considered beautiful and s*xy. And 27 year old is too old. P*dos literally won

[@WastedTalent83]

they are not "deemed" they ARE undesirable.. also less fertile so kinda useless for reproduction.. you probably missed the whole point.. and are 99.99% a woman.. which doesn't surprise me.

[@ironaston9858]

Not the only victims, men have it very hard too, unlike women they aren't born with value unless daddy is rich and gives him value. In fact, you aren't even considered a man if you don't pay a dowry, have a house, car, good job, savings, be young and handsome, tall, funny, charismatic, giving, share money to her parents. Right now, young women have it very good in comparison. If they don't find a partner before 27 is because they were searching for Mr. Perfect, they got themselves to blame for that one since they wasted the only value they were born with.

[@Tokioka]

Who would want to bring up their children in a dystopian society run by the CCP? I respect the choices of the young Chinese who decide to go against tradition and stay single.

[@wellmansrants4282]

now this i agree with

[@abrahamdsl]

TBF, majority of what their said aren't limited to [mainland] China.

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

The last generation..

[@breakthecycle5238]

Cant have communism with no population. Your move, pooh.

[@cc-by8uk]

Especially women who do not want to work till exhaustion - work, child, houshold and elderly.

[@luongo7886]

Chinese people are very smart. They will not be lied to anymore. Why make other chinese suffer by bringing them into this world if the parents themselves are suffering and can't even support themselves? "This is the last generation" is the liberation of today's chinese people.

[@Ravenelvenlady]

Understandable.

[@Gazer-x5s]

not just smart but also compassionate

[@johnsmith7345]

subversion chinese style

[@paulinelarson465]

Coming to USA soon !

[@johnsmith7345]

@@paulinelarson465 US is doing fine thank you

[@misspat7555]

I’m American, and old enough to remember when we were firmly told not to have children we couldn’t afford and everyone was worried about overpopulation, pushing rubbers, IUD’s, pills, and sterilization. So, we didn’t have children we couldn’t afford. Twenty years later, and suddenly we were “selfish” and “having bad priorities” either having no children or maybe two? Few of us could afford more than two; many couldn’t afford any. I went into poverty to have my two kids, as many currently middle-aged women did. 😕

[@crystalroseblue6760]

Old saying....." The happier the people, the more the kingdom flourishes ,the rulers' lives are long .But when the people suffer under the iron rod and iron boots apon their necks ,the kindom is doomed to calamities, and the rulers life is short."

[@argonianaccount1876]

Hm. I like this one. Very Game of Thrones-y....

[@JellyOnAPancakeAyyyy]

And then story repeats itself

[@ivanmeza7089]

And that's why it's an "old saying". Because they have drones now, radar, have all types of advanced crowd control (focused sound and focoused microwaves), they control all important and encrypted communications. We have no chance at realistically rallying togetherand fighting back. They will have their own militias that have no connection to you and will glady defend their billionaire employers. If they were truly pushed into a corner, they'll hit that big red button and damn near wipe us all out.

[@cosmicreef5858]

It is kind of an INSTINCT to know BARE MINIMUM logic Degenerates/evil will NOT have ANYTHING

[@crystalroseblue6760]

@@argonianaccount1876....Sometimes life copies imagination. Or it could be in reverse.

[@Ukie88]

Forced sterilization in the past forced polygamy in the present. Dystopia

[@arfajob4246]

Batshit. To be frank.

[@nothereyetlost]

Lies

[@Ajmes]

@@nothereyetlost truth

[@Ravenelvenlady]

Not just sterilizations, but forced abortions, infanticide of so called unwanted girl children. They are screwed Karmically for these inhumane policies.

[@d1oftwins]

It's pure stupidity on the governmental side and an abysmal lack of foresight. How stupid were they to implement the one child policy? You need at least 2 children per couple to sustain the population, more like statistically 2.1 because people die of before they get old. But only one child? I cannot believe they didn't see that coming. Either they wanted this chaos or they are plain stupid, nothing in between!

[@LoganGraceHope]

I am so happy the young people are smart and self aware. Their country wants to use women's bodies for financial gain for the economy. That's so cruel!

[@ArtIsDrawing]

This is happening all over the world! You are so close minded!

[@adw6894]

China doesn't take Child Support Policy seriously, so after giving birth, all the burden will be poured on women. Women don't only do all childcare, house labour but also have to pay all the bills by herself while men can just cheat and don't pay child support. China.

[@triciamuse7727]

I agree in the USA many young persons are also refusing to have children. Most of it, as in your country, is political and economics. All political leaders from EVERY nation need to treat their citizens far better than putting themselves first due to their own greed for money.

[@dystervarg5257]

That's the very reason why we are in this mess: trusting politicians. There are only two kind of politicians, 1. The ones who focuses on money, leeching the taxes, 2. The ones who focuses on power itself, they are the worst type, but both of them see us, the population, as cattle. Politicians are hell bent to cause problems on society because they can validate "our necessity of them", because they sold us not jist the "solutions" of their self inflicted chaos, but the idea that politics is inherently necessarily to resolve problems; in reality they have nothing really valuable to offer and they know it. In short, politicians always dragged us down to their level in the pits of filth. The least thing we have to give to politicians is trust, which is the source of their "power", we trust they're capable but they are not, we trust they're gonna do their job but they don't, we trust them to make the best decisions and surround themselves with the best people to help them but they are a mafia, and lastly we trust them they'll think on our best interests but over and over again they show how disposable we are to them. NEVER EVER TRUST A POLITICIAN, they are our declared enemies, they hate us.

[@rachelnaisbett403]

While the stuff about political leaders is true, I would argue that it's still primarily the greed of individual citizens causing declining birthrates. As countries get less religious, they get more self centered materialistic individuals with relative morals. If there is no grand purpose beyond this life, no belief in God defining absolute morals and purpose, why sacrifice to have a family and raise the next generation? What's the point?

[@PowerSimplified1871]

​@@dystervarg5257 Typical anarchist.

[@PowerSimplified1871]

United States is country that doesn't condemn women from having children late. If a 45 y.o. Woman will get pregnant in China, India or even Britain, she and her husband will be shamed. That is not the case in US.

[@starblossom05]

The different is that ISA never killed of 1 gender and prefer only the other that they have a Inbelance of 2 gender that now suffer the Nastion that the problem in China because they killed to Many daughter and only wanted son, and didn't even though to chance it afther all the wars where done to allow familie to have 2 children and break the rule they now stresses and have struggle to get more young adult having babys and They need have more daughter to fix there stupid acstiona nd here the probely it probely gonna take 50+ years to fix that damage. Meanwhile USA and other countries mostly have with gen, Cost, Money, House, School and only small part is probely some are different. Other can be due other people from other countries coming to USA and steal/get houses before people who already live or are born in the Nastion it self

[@swordchild0013]

The truth is the people they should be targeting are the rich - who can afford more children... but instead they are enforcing this on the poor who are already struggling (and most are not the problem anyway). Utterly ridiculous - not even considering the generational trauma of all those millions of murdered babies from their one-child policy.

[@decoraqueena6413]

Capitalist principles in a so called commie country. Oh the irony .

[@xavier32421]

Rich people don’t have kids because that requires works. If you rich in China, you probably didn’t earn it. The State is absolute

[@NeyamRye]

Well the poor make the majority of the country

[@laniakeas92]

It's the same here in Russia, childbirth rates dropped drastically. They even started talking that young girls don't need higher education and that they should start families at age of 18 y o and get pregnant instantly. I'm surprised they don't force girls into this. Of course childbirth rates will go down if you treat your citizens like sh%t.

[@smallmodelcollector]

I think it would be evil to bring a child into a country based on cheating, deception, and having so much fake/dangerous food.

[@kriscubero6778]

and disregard for life as well. Reminder that cheating (ignoring safety regulations), deception (covering flaws of any kind) and fake foods (made with "ingredients" not thought for consumption) is only possible when they see life is not precious.

[@motopolak]

@@kriscubero6778 Exactly. In my opinion this all boils down to what I call a Godless society. No regard for life is prevalent in this kind of system, and morality is a weird grey area that isn’t defined, or just hardly exists at all.

[@goldensun441]

Sounds like youve been pampered. The only evil here is the state harvesting its leeks

[@combinero.YT_deletes_comments.]

Bringing life into this world is evil. Earth must be as lifeless as Mars.

[@Henry-r9f3q]

Lol I live in America and relate to video so much it's unreal!

[@pipv7809]

"Why aren't you haveing children?" "Because we're poor, and can't support children" "How dare you be poor!"

[@anna-lisaansardi9419]

Don't forget the part about how they'll take EVEN MORE shit way from you to make you EVEN MORE poor if you don't comply.

[@ec9833]

Rather…they’re quite happy that you’re poor. They want you to remain poor and know that it takes an average of 3 generations of any family escaping poverty. They know…they love it…they want more poor people, struggling to survive because they’re cheap labor.

[@Rexhunterj]

Always the people who have enough disposable income to be considered "wealthy" who say this.

[@evilds3261]

Response to "How dare you be poor" should be "What are you going to do about it?"

[@eyesofitachi55]

LOL!

[@Jaelismyhomegirl]

Maybe they shouldn’t have killed all of their girls in the early 90s. I could see this coming even back then. As expected, they found a way to shift responsibility onto the few women of childbearing age.

[@mlee888]

Oh, how the tides have turned !!! In the 80s, one child policy. Now, compulsory 3-5 children policy !!!

[@nothereyetlost]

If they force this, this will crater them even faster. This is happening because makes are not conducive to having children. They never were. And it’s finally all unraveling

[@DAWN001]

The tides might have changed its direction but ordinary people are still on the receiving end of its brutal force …

[@mlee888]

@ My comment only refers to the low child birth rates that this article refers to. There’s brutality in every country, not exclusive to China. Focus on the mentioned article !!!

[@raetalaward9128]

Unbelievable. Adding more expenses to the burdens of poor people struggling to find work, food, houses, and care for their elderly is the craziest, stupidest idea. The having of children isn't what is broken in China.

[@antikertech157]

Cry me a river, the state in any country is a mafia organization. Having any dealings with them is a stupid idea.

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

Typical CCP failed logic. They even think that they can invade Taiwan.

[@Apophis1010]

The wartime economy will need workers and warriors

[@Kraliezec]

It's the stupidest thing in the world. Hey, I would like to own a Lamborghini but I can't afford it, so I don't have a Lamborghini. It's as simple as that. Officials who don't understand this are the most stupid thing in the world.

[@ArtIsDrawing]

Have you seen people who overspend on cars?

[@herbayum76]

The dealer told me i'll get a discount if i order two Lamborghinis...

[@2l84me8]

You can’t force people to contribute to a flawed system. The title is insane.

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

Typical CCP failed logic. They even think that they can invade Taiwan.

[@DrCruel]

OH YES YOU CAN. Go ahead and watch them do it, kemosabe. You ain't seen nothing yet.

[@baylienixon6919]

@@DrCruelThey’ll set up the breeding farms before the western elites could ever dream of

[@Gumbier_Than]

​@@DrCruelhow do they intend to do that?

[@JesusLovesEVERYTHING]

G(ang rape) Khan... Either that or forced artificial insemination

[@Cinvicious1]

I don’t know what’s more frightening the infanticide, forced abortion and forced sterilization from the One Child Policy or the prospect of this new Breeding Program. This is absolutely frightening for Chinese Women.

[@purdyculliz]

Coming to US soon, look at some of the changes in recent years

[@SLloyd-qb8kt]

Agreed.

[@ZipMapp]

Frightening for Chinese women? You know it takes two to tango?

[@melitajay]

​@@ZipMappwho are the ones giving birth lol

[@ZipMapp]

@@melitajay You know women around the world used to have 5+ children? I don't know what's the point you're trying to make.

[@tizzas1232]

Create a country worth bringing a child into, or people won't bother.

[@ArtIsDrawing]

This is happening all over the world!

[@caragarcia2307]

The irony is if the government went away people would focus more on having a family.

[@bastiancooper-queen1849]

Education has made its way and young chineses aren't naive anymore.....

[@MakerInMotion]

Yeah but you don't need education to figure out "No money + Baby = Bad". Easy math.

[@xhagast]

They never were. It is just that nowadays the can NOT do what the masters want them to do.

[@sianais]

The older ones weren't naive, they were threatened. The world being so open means the government can't outrightly do what they want like Romania did back in day.

[@bastiancooper-queen1849]

@@xhagast you're right !

[@bastiancooper-queen1849]

@@sianais you're fully right....

[@StrongKickMan]

Most animals stop breeding when the conditions become to rough. We are not different.

[@Luigi931]

Not having children is showing love to your would-be child by not bringing them into this ultra-expensive world.

[@inesdamonteines3985]

There's more beyond your wall. Instincts give you the strength to overcome fate. Parenthood is one of the strongest.. Use your strengths or perish. You will do things you could not imagine, you will open doors you didn't see before, you will pay the price and it will be worthy. Children are for you not for others... Neither for the government High chance that they will emigrate with lots of degrees and experience or try to change the system just to protect their children even if it is just one child.

[@ninadiamant8937]

​ Then you do that.

[@magnarcreed3801]

@@inesdamonteines3985 Bs. Instincts don’t matter and won’t overcome shit. All sorts of animals with instincts watch their babies get killed or starve.

[@greenkoopa]

It's ok to be selfish and not have kids. But I have a 12 and 16 year old so don't try to delude yourself into thinking it's noble to not have them

[@magnarcreed3801]

@@greenkoopa There is no none selfish reason to have kids. It’s to fulfill something on your end.

[@patrickmcathey7081]

Wow they literally are telling you what they need and you act surprised when you don't provide it and they are not doing the thing.

[@KarenTski]

Oh so now women are important

[@cosmicreef5858]

as important to them as an object can be >:(

[@vminhope3040]

😂 young millennials are the same here. We are already tired from a workday and when we don’t work we just want to rest, exercise, and get errands done.

[@Frenchieeeee]

Blame corporations/investment firms that have created such an outrageous divide between the poor and the rich. Sorry but if you cannot afford to pay off a house after working for 30 years + have enough money to retire with then you should not even be thinking about having a kid. If the government cannot realize that corporations are the problem then that's on them.

[@ragepig1059]

Corporations are people and that's bigotry probably

[@josiahjacinto4156]

And nepotism too.

[@BodhiCody-mh2ec]

once people realize that "outrageous divide" is pretty much just numbers on a computer somewhere, it'll get ugly

[@snark567]

The government is ran by sociopaths. They don't realize your struggles because they don't care, they literally do not think that deeply about you, they just can't relate.

[@Zebiuiui]

I will only give birth if I get a monthly salary equal to my pay before I leave my job, and I am allowed to not work and just focus on taking proper care of my child and ensuring that they are happy. If I have a child but have to go back to work in a few months, what is the point of having a child

[@lunarrobot9714]

Stay at home parenthood should 100% be a paid job. Raising a child is just too expensive and time consuming to perform when you have a full time career.

[@Kwk16534]

Exactly well said

[@reginafisher9919]

Children in the United States of America are going through the same thing they cannot find jobs they cannot leave home, they will never be able to afford a house or be able to retire, having a child is completely unsustainable.

[@Mikey-ve6wd]

Heh, it's kind of funny. I got a new job and was reading over the 401k plan and I'll get that money and be able to retire when I hit 70. Like, my family has a tendency to hit the bucket in our 60s. No fucking way I'm signing up for the 401k. I'll be dead before I see it.

[@BrownSugarBaby1992]

They are still having babies because we have sisters that take care of babies. We are still having babies here. Stop lying

[@reginafisher9919]

@@BrownSugarBaby1992 you probably shouldn't be though.

[@reginafisher9919]

@@BrownSugarBaby1992 the question is why would you still be having babies!!

[@Magical_Trash]

7:28 “I won’t even come back in the next life” That was fvckin SAVAGE 🔥🔥🔥😆😆✊✊✊

[@Ravenelvenlady]

The BEST line that I TOTALLY support!

[@Bunny11344]

lol like a big ef u to the govt and society love it

[@HandFromCoffin]

5k, 20k yuan for a child? Who changes their mind to have a child for such little money? Someone with a gambling debt, someone who is already going to have a child? I have 3 kids and I can tell you that money will not last the 18 years you will be raising that kid! LOL.

[@HavianEla]

I don’t even think that’s enough for diapers throughout the entire time the baby will need them through till they’re fully potty trained.

[@adw6894]

China doesn't take Child Support Policy seriously, so after giving birth, all the burden will be poured on women. Women don't only do all childcare, house labour but also have to pay all the bills by herself while men can run away and don't pay child support. China.

[@pedroamerico9992]

People finaly realising that the truth is game was rigged from the start

[@carolanestanley4030]

👍

[@triple_lei]

Credit where credit is due! Sometimes I just have to applaud the people of China and this is one of those times. With the situation they're in, doing nothing is really the best, cheapest, and easiest form of protest.

[@radioactivegum2298]

They killed so many babies (almost always girls) and now they're complaining about the lack of babies? The audacity

[@luciusael]

The government: "do us a favour and have kids. Sorry we can't give you a house to raise them in, though."

[@Shammai101]

What did they think would happen when they imposed the one child per family rule? And, given the massive preference for male children - good luck with that.

[@darcy5761]

Suddenly the government is realizing that the country is short millions of women. What did they think killing millions of female babies would do?

[@warh0rn]

My respect for individuals who refuse to be exploited and refuse to have children in that system can not be measured. Amazing.

[@wfhmusic850]

Are they gonna help us raise them? 😅 very true 😂

[@Ytorisv]

Thats the main question🤨.

[@LJinx3]

I think a lot of peoples around the globe are making this extreme decision - freeing future people from suffering by making sure they are not born. Me included, it’s extreme, but it is the only true choice left.

[@Spinozin]

Bravo 👏

[@User-ts53698]

same. i didnt want to be born but here i am. Dont want my kids to suffer like me in this hell so i would never get married and have kids

[@Debbie-henri]

Yes, I've noticed it of some cultures - as well as China, Europe, Scandinavia, Japan, the Antipodes. Far less children, more young people saying no. It's not just the very high cost of living, practically unaffordable for Millennials, it's the very obvious and calamitous decline of the environment too. I don't know how much world news these young Chinese have access to, but they know well enough (through their own news system) that the environment is clearly in freefall. Who in their right mind wants to bring a tiny child into a world that is overheating in some places, flooding in others, harsh storms in others? It has already been said that the very young and very old are most vulnerable to heatwaves and wet bulb events. When things get really desperate, and you may have to resort to migration across country or to another country, the last burden you want to bring with you is young children. They always want, always need, cry and scream when they don't get it, must be carried when they are tired, and it's devastating to watch them perish. History is full of heartbreaking stories of children and/or their parents buried by roadsides.

[@katherines144]

For women, controlling our own bodies is the most powerful thing we can do

[@Lilboozibert]

Having children (creating a human life that will grow from infancy to adulthood and eventually die) is extreme, despite humans always having done it. I think the social buffers and blinders are eroding and people finally see procreation for what it is.

[@janebishop5885]

When young people realize there is no path forward, they realize they will live for the moment and not be trapped. I applaud their willingness to help the country downsize and enjoy their lives in with friends as they do.

[@oregondrivingadventures7506]

I saw a video where homework over the Lunar New Year crossed one family's apartment. These kids were young too like second grade. I've seen videos of small children having breakdowns because of the workload. If I were a twenty something there's no way I'd want to put my child and myself through all that. Better to not have them and avoid all that trauma.

[@a.k.7341]

Pregnancy and childbirth must ALWAYS be voluntary. Because all the medical risk, pain, and permanent physical changes falls on the woman. Also no need to have kids if you will bring them into poverty and exploitation

[@goldensun441]

Im sure the always benevolent CCP will take your advice into account as they deal with the coming calamity and potential collapse of their power.

[@mikochild2]

​@goldensun441 did you copy-paste this reply on every comment speaking against the policy? No? I wonder why...

[@Sammyli99]

@@goldensun441 not helping, sound like a Marine in Ft. Die-trick, proud of sending the Corona Virus to China, then claiming it was Wuhan, I understand, better nefarious than a real person.

[@goliathsteinbeisser3547]

You are right, of course, but an authoritarian government does not care about how its subjects feel.

[@cosmicreef5858]

No risks of a healthy pregnancy and birth. It is the FREE WILL part that it meant be a CHOICE that matters here! They simply have NO RIGHTS to tell otehr when to have kids and for the wrong reasons to. Also child care starts AFTER BIRTH. They need CONSTANT physical and emotional care until they turn AT LEAST 18 This is not a friggin video game that you can log of or start over if mistakes happen and EVEN THEN NO ONE can tell you when to play and what to play.

[@therose5783]

You would think the Chinese government should have learned to stay out of the birth business.

[@Tideo123]

How weird this country China is. So Weird so crazy ...

[@1Skorpia]

The west is toxic. The men are mad women don't want them. No thought even about kids. They just want sex. They walk away all the time not helping the mother. Now they don't want marriage either pr kids. Now the men have nothing left to use women with. Men see having a gf a free labor in the home. Women are choosing to stay single.

[@rajawaseem6]

Aren't you cute... We all are living under cartel of criminals, only difference is some are subtle and some others are blatant.

[@Ravenelvenlady]

@rajawaseem6 Great point! We are all living under different forms of the same insanity.

[@darnneljones6954]

Pretty soon they going to be saying "5 kids the ideal family." 😂😂😂😂

[@Nono38-jj1tk]

The violation of women's bodily autonomy is a worldwide nightmare now.

[@Spawn-td8bf]

Even if the birth rate jumped yesterday, it would not help the nations situation. The CCP did this to themselves. I truly feel bad for the average Chinese citizen as they now are asked to bear the brunt of correcting communist thought. But I am heartened to see the Chinese are waking up with these young people. I love the 5000 year culture PRE-ccp.

[@nothereyetlost]

It’s not just the bcl. It’s all mex world wide. Whinare the ones trafficking? Who are The ones building bad real estate? Who are the ones overpricing real estate? Who are the ones cheating women out of the labor market. Why are the ones abusing women and babies, who are the ones causing economic slumps and causing virus after virus? Is that the cop in all those cases???

[@HikaruRain]

If you cannot afford or provide for the child then don't have it. It is better off not having one then bringing one into a world where it cannot be cared for properly.

[@Vanessa-ii7cc]

Yep, i need to get my tubes tied. Politicians are ridiculous all around the world.

[@FireSilver25]

Tied tubes can grow back together. Get them removed if possible ❤

[@analyticalhabitrails9857]

I feel ya baby. I'm in the same boat. A part of me wants childrens, but I know how dark this world is soon to get! 😢😠😠😠😠😠😠 Those politicians are so 💀.

[@fsaldan1]

The people who elect them are the root cause of the problem.

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

If not in China, why? You don't need to. If you are Caucasian, you need to have at least 3 kids. Your tribe is being out bred. I am an African telling you this; have more children.

[@Jac527]

@@FireSilver25facts!! 💯. Also tubes removed prevents ovarian cancer which starts from the tubes. It’s a win win to freedom and cancer free life 🎉😊

[@Nainco07]

Living in this world is stressful, dangerous, can't afford something nice to live, work as slaves (if you are lucky to land a job), hardly have time for yourself and family. Govs: OH NO! WHY ARE PEOPLE DECIDING NOT TO HAVE ANY KIDS!!??

[@cosmicreef5858]

AMAZING you mean SOCIETY is brokne at a LOT of countries Do not mix up!

[@TheIndependentLiberal]

In countries like the Philippines, we pretend we want to help the poor become rich. In reality, poverty is manufactured. We need poverty to grow so we continue having more cheap labor. 😂

[@ripgitssac-fao7524]

Same with terminating our life. They block it as we are worth more to the system miserable but alive

[@Jose-ht2lw]

I'll rather invest in retirement than a kid. If I don't make it, oh well. I'm here for a good time not a long time

[@goldensun441]

Just for your awareness, the chinese dont have as many options for investment as we do. One of the biggest ways they used to store wealth was real estate (hench the millions of empty apartments) but that sector has been collapsing recently

[@Ytorisv]

Thats my jam!

[@mgtowbylogic5592]

“… when the previous generations suffered too…” They ran up like 7,800 trillion in debt and future pension obligations worldwide, and the people over age 70 hold more wealth as a share of total wealth than they have in at least 100 years… how did they suffer? They have run this all into the ground and they’re off living high on the hog sailing around Europe and sipping pina coladas in bora bora. If they wanted a future they should have left us one. Boomers are the greediest generation that’s ever lived despite their parents having to fight the greatest world war in history, ungrateful to boot and then they have the audacity to call younger people lazy.

[@Heartforheaven]

Are you forgetting the wars, the diseases, the poverty? Just because those left are doing better doesn’t mean their entire lives were easy.

[@chikaka2012]

I’m not totally disagreeing with this phenomenon in the west (at least among the upper middle class) but I’m not sure “Boomer” is a thing in China. These generational categories are fairly random & meaningless, especially when applied to other countries, cultures, and ethnicities.

[@mgtowbylogic5592]

@@chikaka2012 So the oldest 25% of China didn’t run up massive and unsustainable debts while saying “don’t worry, growth and future generations will be able to pay this off easily!” That’s just an American thing?

[@mgtowbylogic5592]

@@chikaka2012 afaik the generations are generally the same in other countries absent local factors like Chinas 1 child policy. Japan is leading the trend, they lost 1 million population each of the last 2 years. Because they also had much fewer kids but they also have very low immigration to wallpaper over the citizen birth gap. Yes the elder Chinese ran up massive debts and over consumed. China also made the mistake of allowing even more of a fake economy than “the west”. Literal fake meat, fake concrete, gutter oil… that level of fraud means very little built will last. Roads bridges and buildings from 50-2000 years ago are being used throughout Europe and North America. So China will also suffer more relatively, over the next 100 years. There was absolutely a baby boom after ww2 in China. Do you know how many people died in ww2 in China? 3.5 million. And how many were born from 1945-1960? That sure looks like a baby boom to me.

[@toomanymarys7355]

What nonsense. Boomers have stolen nothing. The main strain is only thst they didn't have enough kids to support old age pensions instituted not by them but by the Greatest Generation.

[@olentangyriver1191]

Children do drain a person's life away and money, I never had any but I se how unhappy others with them are..

[@ErenYeagerVsIppo]

If anything, having a second or third child is more competition in the job market! How are the younger sibling(s) going to be able to provide any support to anyone when the current generation isn't able to support itself? Truly the wisdom of the CCP is boundless!

[@jillybe1873]

Younger people are accustomed to sitting quietly alone. The concept of family is foreign to them.

[@TheMightyPika]

15:26 "One person over the limit, the whole village undergoes sterilization" HOLY SHIT!!! I'll bet they were serious about that, too!

[@pixpusha]

They need to give these poor people a break.There is too much required.

[@lifeofdolly5206]

I missed the part where demographic collapse is my problem.

[@alexoceanmeow]

I keep thinking this too

[@hoi-polloi1863]

Depending on where you live, it will become your problem when you retire. See, in many countries the pension program only works out if the population keeps growing, as the retirees end up withdrawing more than they put in. So if the population is decreasing...

[@lifeofdolly5206]

@@hoi-polloi1863 I am part of a generation that may never end up seeing retirement, home ownership, or any of the milestones previous generations had. Until I have a stake in the system, I don't give a damn if it falls apart.

[@peanutboxes4076]

@@lifeofdolly5206amen!

[@DrCruel]

@@hoi-polloi1863 Russia hit this wall back in the 1990s, and have been sliding down it ever since.

[@soulanstreets222]

The crazy part of all this is…if these 90’s kids can just sustain a career for 30 years or so, stay single and save, they will be able to literally hire a caretaker in their old age because they didn’t spend most of their retirement money raising a child.

[@JesusLovesEVERYTHING]

Even then... There won't be a next generation. But they're not trying to hire people or pay good enough to live comfortably

[@soulanstreets222]

@@JesusLovesEVERYTHING Doesn't matter is there is or not. People exist. There is nothing stopping anyone from hiring a caretaker from Mexico or Africa in their old age.

[@JesusLovesEVERYTHING]

@@soulanstreets222 ever heard the term, "you will own nothing and be happy"? Look up agenda 2030.. what makes you think a coined term like that, makes you think we'd have money to hire help? Jobs have gone to shyt for a reason, AI has done away with a lot and when more physical jobs are replaced by a robot.. you'd be denied a job because there's no way to make money other than the 15$ a month allowance people are given to spend or else it expires.. think, its not illegal to think logically. The writing is on the wall. This is why Christ is so important, they got us thinking shyts gonna get better but it's not. It's over.. it's hot and fashionable right now to blaspheme Christ because thats our way out of this matrix. Why do you think it says in the Bible Christians will be killed for not taking the Mark of the beast? Because it's denying this fucked up system and believing in Him is the way out. Now if you're choosing otherwise, then go ahead. But I'd hate to be on the wrong side when Jesus Christ comes back, it won't be love and light like last time.

[@cee-emm]

What caretaker will be there if nobody is having children?

[@soulanstreets222]

@@cee-emm There are people having children in other countries and many people from those countries want to live and work in more developed countries. If you don't raise children, that money could be saved instead for retirement. Then use it to sponsor a worker from overseas.

[@AshKetchum442]

shout out to everyone not having kids cause they dont want others to suffer

[@generalnguyenngocloan1700]

It might help a little if Chinese mothers-in-law did not treat their daughters-in-law like sh!t slaves, then young Chinese women might have a couple babies. That goes for all of East Asia and Vietnam.

[@biomedlib]

That's because they want their daughter-in-laws to take care of them when they get old.😢😢

[@XPoPoRocksX]

Trust me it’s not that 😂 that’s mostly in dramas. Most couples don’t even live with the parents, it’s just them and their kids. It’s mostly because they have to work 996 and got no time, or they think kids cost too much money and can’t even support themselves. Source, was born in china and most of my relatives are still there

[@PhoneTest-vf3gv]

Same happens in India and in laws treat women like shit which is why young women do not want to get married at all or suffer same way as their moms did.

[@Hat3M0ng3r]

Gubbermint: have more kids. Poor: are you going to pay for them? Gubbermint: no. Poor: then I can't afford them. Gubbermint: but we need more workers. Poor: use the millions of jobless then. Gubbermint: no that would take money. Poor: yeah so would more kids. Gubbermint: yeah but then we get to call you irresponsible and the cost is all on you . Poor: you're not getting more kids.

[@lillyie]

back then they didn't want more children so they implemented one child policy but now suddenly they want more children? if only there wasn't a certain policy that prohibited more than one child

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

The reason for the one child policy was to steer more capital away from raising the next generation and towards the Western factories that were relocating there. Having children requires a lot of capital and time to raise them. That is capital not being available to foreign corporations and banks. China didn't impose it. Washington and the global banks imposed it as a condition of receiving massive wealth transfers from the U.S.

[@TwilightMysts]

@@BlackPill-pu4vi I don't think so. China was the highest population country in the world, and they had suffered from food shortages recently. I am pretty sure they implemented 1CP on their own initiative out of fears of over population.

[@cherub0nyx]

@@BlackPill-pu4vi sure sure, western countries fooled china into doing this policy. Cool story bro.

[@NScherdin]

@@BlackPill-pu4vi You are certainly delusional.

[@elfujo6595]

​@@BlackPill-pu4vi that was hilarious

[@ambrosia-venusbelladonna835]

I like this report however, what it (conveniently) fails to mention is the is the influence of gender and Women's experiences. The one child policy in China dramatically impacted parents. Boys are preferred over girls and without the policy girl babies would most likely be abandoned and left out to die and many couples would continuously keep trying to get boys. With the one child policy there was no way that could happen; for all the parents that had girls; they had no choice but to pour all their time, money, and resources into them and raise them like boys. Now that these Women are grown have successful careers and are supporting themselves; their parents are expecting them to marry and commit to a life of unpaid domestic servitude. In addition, the burden of the actual caretaking of the ederly parents falls on the Women. On top of having to do the housework, the childrearing, and being attractive. All Men do is just bring the money. Which Women are already doing. So then what's the point? Get married to a man just so you can have more stress? So many Chinese Women (and rightfully so) are saying no to that nonsense. Women have evolved; Men have not. If China wants more babies they need to STOP harassing Women and tell their Men to do housework, participate in childrearing, and actually learn some emotional skills to be better husbands. Oh and yeah don't forget to tackle the economy and high cost of living. The young lady at the very beginning brought up an excellent point why don't you go bother all the rich people and tell THEM to bear more children to repopulate China? Because they're obviously the ones who can afford children!

[@jessicathompson236]

It is very strange that they are demanding that the ones that they rejected and threw away should help them now. The ones that they tossed aside don't owe them a damned thing.

[@Alysannecelnareon]

First one child policy, now 3 child policy, what is next?

[@2Ten1Ryu]

forced procretion in breeding Camps?

[@1Skorpia]

Move out of China.

[@LeoneLaTwerk2]

5 children! You go bang bang right now! (What sucks is the desire to breed is based on conditions and bonding so if a person is not happy and fears the future of their children and themselves, a person wont want to do so. It is not as simple as tellimg someone to do it

[@xhagast]

@@LeoneLaTwerk2 No jobs, no houses, APPALING debts, no future, their savings go into banks that keep the money for themselves AND their scutters burn into ashes in 12 seconds.

[@fatefinger]

Forced artificial insemination?

[@sroth2021]

This isn't just a china problem.

[@Zym3_]

This comment needs more attention it kills me seeing so many Americans pretending like our country isn't also falling apart.

[@sroth2021]

@@Zym3_ All developed nations have falling birth rates. The problem is global. South Korea has the lowest fertility rates.

[@Ravenelvenlady]

Exactly! I just supported another comment or on this point. America has its own form of dysfunction.

[@maggie6152]

China and South Korea have it on a whole nother level, though. Though I'm afraid we're heading towards something like in this vid in the US and it's genuinely terrifying.

[@zandi3426]

@@maggie6152failing to address misogyny is part of the cause. But also free women naturally do not want to have many kids if they have choice and are in a healthy environment. (Without patriarchy coercion and “traditional values” propaganda)

[@sagesemadeni4024]

Roe vs Wade gets overturned in the US, and now this. Something's up worldwide...

[@Grandma_Jizzzzzzzard]

It's called e u g e n I c s

[@sagesemadeni4024]

@Grandma_Jizzzzzzzard howso? They want higher birth rates but don't seem to care whom. That's not eugenics. In fact, it's pretty close to the opposite. You need a dictionary.

[@dingus6317]

The rich old boomers are entering retirement and are sad because they are running out of young blood to exploit and squeeze dry

[@davidlorang7697]

Exactly! They overturned it simply because they want the young people born now cause the population is collapsing (hence the push for immigration).

[@ArtIsDrawing]

Finally, someone with a brain!!

[@paco7915]

The farmers are worried the pigs not making babies.

[@lalaland2022]

😂😂😂

[@secretnobody6460]

China and russia gonna start world war 3?? With what army? The weekend elderly mahjong club?? Lmaoooo

[@angelaflying9591]

So is the west. I guess they'll just both hire desperately poor Latinos , Africans and south Asians. You already see Latinos fighting for Ukraine and Africans, latino

[@angelaflying9591]

And south Asians in russian army.

[@NoName-ku1ok]

Оставьте Россию в покое😢😢😢

[@dingus6317]

@@NoName-ku1okRussia needs to leave Ukraine alone then they will be left alone