Last September, the U.S. government announced that our birthrate fell to "another record low" in 2012, following a long, steady slide since the Baby Boom after World War II.
It goes without saying that, morally speaking, there's nothing wrong with this.---Atlantic
Nothing wrong with it except that the culture dies with the older generation as there's nobody to replace them. The technology fix for this is way too far off into the future to have an effect. The longer this continues, the less likely that said fix will be implemented because the people won't be smart enough to continue the progress.
I was thinking about all this yesterday. While Russia is improving its weapons systems, ours remain stuck in the past. Those in denial will say that it is only the military, but other things are being neglected too. We are reverting back to a more primitive state, whether we want to acknowledge it or not. Solar and wind energy are not advanced technologies, they are old technologies. There may come a day when even solar and wind won't be acceptable because of their "environmental damage".
Who's to blame for this? Do you blame the people or the leadership? For me, it is the leadership. The leadership is lost.
Look. Russia had the same problem with their birth rates. Maybe they haven't turned things completely around, but at least the trends are improving in that country. As mentioned, Russia is also improving its military capabilities, while ours stagnates. The thing that changed in Russia was its leadership. Despite what Putin is doing in Ukraine, I am going to keep mentioning that he is doing the right kind of things for his country. We aren't.
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