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>>anigbr+(OP)
And is that bad? So many people suggesting immigration as a “fix” but a fix for what? What’s wrong with a declining population?

>>_xnmw+6w
Exactly that. Most media portray it as a bad thing, but it'a actually not. We don't need so many people.

>>jester+mR
On the big scale yes. But declining population can have a lot of negative effects in the shorter term on smaller geographical scales. Consider what happens to a small rural community if young people start moving away and the people who do stay have fewer kids.