Germany’s Birth Rate Plunges as War, Climate and Covid Deter Parents
Germany’s Birth Rate Plunges as War, Climate and Covid Deter Parents
Germany’s birth rate fell to the lowest level in more than a decade last year, adding to concerns about how a shrinking workforce may dent the country’s economic prospects.
Germany’s birth rate fell to the lowest level in more than a decade last year, adding to concerns about how a shrinking workforce may dent the country’s economic prospects.
Figures released Wednesday by the Federal Institute for Population Research (BIB) showed that German women were having 1.36 children on average in fall 2023, compared with 1.57 in 2021.
God damn I’m so tired of the inclination to worry about the economy first and only then fucking EXTINCTION.
The economy should serve us, and the direction we choose to go, not the other god damn way around.
One of my most remembered quotes that just flew by but helped shock me into being political was our dear former chancellor merkel: "Wir sind eine marktkonforme Demokratie" (We are a market conforming democracy).
It unintentionally highlighted the truth to me, that we are capitalist first, democratic second.
It is time for a democracy conforming market.
Like they say: "it's easier to image the end of the world than imagining the end of capitalism."
Sky rocketing rents, shrinking purchasing power, rampant inflation, increased tax burden on the middle class.
I wonder why the birth rate is shrinking? /s
It's funny how all our problems can be traced back to the rich.
I agree. The priority implicit in the framing is backwards. It's kind of fucked up to say "fueling the economy needs babies," rather than "the economy needs to be adjusted to the falling birthrates."
We need our semi slave labor to make more semi slave labor or we'll lose money
Surely that should be potential parents