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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t know that we’ll ever end up exactly like Japan (too many cultural differences) but something will probably have to give.  I don’t think immigration is the sole answer, getting Americans to have kids would also help. But in order to make an appreciable difference there, we’d need to let go of treating child rearing as an extracurricular, individual responsibility activity and enact family-friendly policies to acknowledge that raising the next generation benefits the society as a whole.

But there would also need to be changes to make Americans willing to take jobs currently filled almost exclusively by immigrants.  Buttigieg touched on this during the debate- something like, there needs to be a path to earning a decent living even if you don’t go to college.  We as a society would need to be willing to pay more for many services, and the govt would have to be willing to crack down on employers that cheat and hire illegals to save $.

Sometimes all of these challenges feel so hopeless.[/quote]

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