It’s a peculiar aim. To what end… maintaining pension pyramid schemes?
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Emperor@feddit.uk 9 months ago
stoppopulationdecline.org? That seems suspiciously specific.
OrkneyKomodo@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
Emperor@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Dunno, struck me as weird like those groups you stumble on.that turn out to be astroturf organisations. However, I can’t figure out quite how their angle benefits Big Business. However, as you suggest it could be those behind the pension Ponzi schemes.
merridew@feddit.uk 9 months ago
They have a bunch of stuff about “promoting fertility”, eg
the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Israel offer lessons. These countries have managed to increase fertility rates by introducing pro-natal policies — a combination of cash incentives, subsidised childcare, and housing assistance
which all sounds lovely and idyllic, but in reality the far-right government in Hungary has been throttling access to abortion with new legislation that is
an extension of the government’s anti-abortion policies, aimed at boosting the birthrate
meaning that
legal abortions [have] become increasingly difficult as the compulsory counselling sessions were becoming more aggressive and difficult to schedule
theguardian.com/…/hungary-tightens-abortion-acces…
I can’t definitely figure out the angle either. But they are a pro-fertility organisation praising a far-right regime that is implementing regressive “pro-life” policies at the expense of women’s rights, and they are very careful not to highlight the true nature of these policies on their website.
They’re also headquartered in Texas. So… draw your own conclusions.
Emperor@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Yeah, that was where my mind was going.
To stop population decline you really need to go full Catholic on birth control and abortion.
And to what end?
Israel’s aim seems simple: they are fighting a demographic war with the Palestinians and the more people they have the quicker they can fill up the Occupied Territories.
Beyond that rather specific case you can only extrapolate but population decline means you need more immigrants to fill the roles young people would do and that plays into ideas of the Great Replacement.
That might be going too far and impugning their motivation but if you are praising Hungary’s reactionary policies then something is not right. Even if they are themselves doing this for the purest motives, they’ve rather quickly picked up some unsavoury fellow travellers.
tintory@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Next, let’s talk about British millennials. Before we assign them the blame label, it’s worth diving into some history. The birth rate in the UK has declined since 2013, and this decline isn’t floating in a vacuum. Its roots trace back to the austerity measures implemented post-2008 financial crisis. These cuts have deeply affected social care, welfare, and local government. Between 2010 and 2017, private rents soared by 24%, while social housing options dwindled. Adults, particularly young ones, found themselves either stuck with rising rents or moving back in with their parents. Combine this with the growth of precarious employment, and you get a generation deeply impacted by retreating state support and a daunting economic landscape.
You forget this part from the same article, which changes the context quite a bit
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 9 months ago
It's the propaganda arm of Big Nappy
Emperor@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Big Baby?
tintory@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Surprisingly Anti-Tory
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Given tory behavior over recent years.
Its fair to say giving them quater is a fairly biased representation.
tintory@lemm.ee 9 months ago
It’s frustrating that almost every paper I read besides the Star, gives them some benefit of the doubt
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Follow the money. % of advertisers not voting tory. Dose in nonway represent % of voters overall.
When media depends on advertising it will never be unbiased.