schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agoTrump slams ‘decaying’ and ‘weak’ Europewww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down115
arrow-up1-8arrow-down1external-linkTrump slams ‘decaying’ and ‘weak’ Europewww.straitstimes.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareMareOfNights@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoYou don’t even need any humanitarian arguments. The birthrates are below replacement, if we want to keep our standards of living we need migrants or we’ll run out of workers. I mean we can raise the productivity of the average worker with tech, but I don’t think its fast enough to compensate for the shrinking population.
minus-squarepetrescatraian@libranet.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoPlus, we’re also getting talents from the poorer countries
You don’t even need any humanitarian arguments.
The birthrates are below replacement, if we want to keep our standards of living we need migrants or we’ll run out of workers.
I mean we can raise the productivity of the average worker with tech, but I don’t think its fast enough to compensate for the shrinking population.
Plus, we’re also getting talents from the poorer countries