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2005-01-27 Home Front: Culture Wars
Where Have All the Children Gone?
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Posted by tipper 2005-01-27 10:33|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Tipper-Thanks for posting an interesting article. A few noteworthy comments:

“...'Even if we include immigration, the population of the original EU-12 will fall by 7.5 million over the next 45 years, according to the UN calculations. Since the times of the 'Black Death' epidemic in the fourteenth century, Europe has never seen such an extensive population decline,' writes Niall Ferguson, a British historian..."

“...First, a young man graduates from a college or vocational school; then he secures his living, which is followed by marriage; and only then children are born. This succession not only conforms to social conventions but is also based on a profound economic logic: it is simply foolish to start having children before getting a living. The taboo of sex in Western cultures has profound economic reasons...”

“...Instead of integration of immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa into a majority European society, the opposite will occur: the immigrants will integrate the existing European culture into their own civilization. After some time, it will be their civilization that will become dominant...”
Posted by jules 2 2005-01-27 9:18:38 PM||   2005-01-27 9:18:38 PM|| Front Page Top

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