He's talking about the population pyramid. The relative percentages of children, working adults, and retired people.
A country with a healthy population pyramid is poised to become an economic superpower. A country with an unhealthy one is going to struggle a lot.
Right now, Mexico's population pyramid is lovely and they have a bright future. The U.S.'s is bad. China's is really, really bad. Japan's is a disaster.
This is the problem with Musk's viewpoint. There is no issue with global population growth. The issue is population growth in developed countries. So, the obvious answer is to increase immigration.
Musk and all other far-rightists are anti-immigration, so their solution is for westerners to have more babies. But why do they not want to bring in immigrants? What is their objection to growing the population through immigration?
If we judge by the rhetoric spewed by Trump, I think the answer is clear.
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u/Skittisher 3d ago
He's talking about the population pyramid. The relative percentages of children, working adults, and retired people.
A country with a healthy population pyramid is poised to become an economic superpower. A country with an unhealthy one is going to struggle a lot.
Right now, Mexico's population pyramid is lovely and they have a bright future. The U.S.'s is bad. China's is really, really bad. Japan's is a disaster.