No capitalism is about free markets, democracy is a form of governance.
When China introduced their 1 child policy they did not have free markets, and Russia didn’t have free markets for 100 years.
And neither of those countries are doing any better regarding fertility rate than many traditional capitalist countries.
And why do you think they are not doing better right now?
Like I don’t want to defend the USSR or China under Mao at all, but the USSR had significantly higher birth rates when it still existed, and the one child policy of China was precisely implemented because they had a too high birth rate back then.
However the common situation now is that neither have any longer and that seems to somehow correlate with them adopting capitalism like pretty much the rest of the world. Of course correlation isn’t equal to causation, but the comment that started this argument was much less “moronic” than your’s.
USSR had significantly higher birth rates when it still existed,
USSR was a poor country, and most other countries also had higher birth rates.
one child policy of China was precisely implemented because they had a too high birth rate back then.
Again China was a poor country.
So all you are doing is confirming what I already wrote that poor countries have higher birth rates.
China has been easing the 1 child policy, but the birth rate continues to decline.
So you think it is just because they are rich now? Well bad news for you: most of the Russian and Chinese population isn’t rich at all.
And anyways, you mean “rich” like the US where people can’t afford health and childcare because they are being exploited by capitalists and have to spend nearly all their waking hours working shitty jobs to pay for their inflated mortgages and rent?
So what is this amazing society that is better, and has a sustainable birth rate?
To my mind, it is one we could build together, through collaboration and solidarity perhaps
Oh you mean like a democracy?
You seem to confuse democracy with capitalism 🤦
No capitalism is about free markets, democracy is a form of governance.
When China introduced their 1 child policy they did not have free markets, and Russia didn’t have free markets for 100 years.
And neither of those countries are doing any better regarding fertility rate than many traditional capitalist countries.
And why do you think they are not doing better right now?
Like I don’t want to defend the USSR or China under Mao at all, but the USSR had significantly higher birth rates when it still existed, and the one child policy of China was precisely implemented because they had a too high birth rate back then.
However the common situation now is that neither have any longer and that seems to somehow correlate with them adopting capitalism like pretty much the rest of the world. Of course correlation isn’t equal to causation, but the comment that started this argument was much less “moronic” than your’s.
USSR was a poor country, and most other countries also had higher birth rates.
Again China was a poor country.
So all you are doing is confirming what I already wrote that poor countries have higher birth rates.
China has been easing the 1 child policy, but the birth rate continues to decline.
So you think it is just because they are rich now? Well bad news for you: most of the Russian and Chinese population isn’t rich at all.
And anyways, you mean “rich” like the US where people can’t afford health and childcare because they are being exploited by capitalists and have to spend nearly all their waking hours working shitty jobs to pay for their inflated mortgages and rent?