• fanbois [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    12 days ago

    There are also barely any younger people. The demographics of Japan are the worst of pretty much any country and their complete adversion against anyone not Japanese is not helping. They are projected to have 10-20 million people LESS within the next 20 years. The villages and small towns are already emptying, everyone is old as fuck and their economy is stagnating for 30 years.

    The doomsday clock is ticking for all of us, but Japan really does a speedrun of societal collapse. More quite and polite than in the US or elsewhere. But thorough and devastating nonetheless.

    • mx_oceanwater_they_them [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      12 days ago

      The demographics of Japan

      Imo revolutionary moments happen in younger countries all the time. Drastic change is quite hard/unlikely in aging societies until hopeless situations arise. The youngest continent in the world: Africa, will become more important.

      Japans current state represents the future of Germany and France a few years ahead of time.