The other day, talking about issues on the fediverse, @mekkaokereke proposed an (apt) analogy which led to a tangential conversation about racism in Boston. I noticed, as I have whenever this comes up, a curious thing about what “Boston” seems to represent in the public imagination.
FACT: People who live in Republican-leaning states tend to have less money, worse health conditions, higher rates of gun-related deaths and lower levels of education than people living in Democratic states
But Idaho, Montana and Florida had the highest population growth among US states between 2020 and 2022.
Fewer Koreans are getting married due to rising costs of weddings and apartment rentals. In this context, the decrease in marriages may be the leading cause of the country's falling birthrate since most couples only have children after marrying.
#Demographics is #nationalism on steroids - the racist Great Replacment theory incites pronatalism in times where young people increasingly have doubts about giving birth to children that will grow up in a world of chaos and destruction.
Criminalizing #abortion is not enough, to secure White supremacy and the rule of #patriarchy the cycle of generational reproduction has to shift into high gear subjugating female bodies to work and war regimes.
"In the broadest sense, the Republican-appointed justices have moved to buttress the affluence and status that allow white people to wield the most influence in society, and to diminish the possibility that accelerating demographic change will force a renegotiation of that balance of power. "
A nappy manufacturer in Japan is to stop making the products for babies and instead raise production of adult diapers, in a reflection of the country’s rapidly ageing society. Oji Holdings, which specialises in paper products, said it would stop making children’s nappies in September amid a sharp decline in demand. The firm...
"I have written a lot about demographics and natalism. Here is an uncomfortable fact: Do you know who else is really into natalism? Racists and weirdos."
And this is EXACTLY why I tend to turn a deaf ear to the dire warnngs of people like Jonathan V. Last, a self-professed right-wing Catholic, about "demographic winter," with their implied chastisement of (white) women for not having babies.
Kbin's Demographics Survey (forms.office.com)
I am bored again and I didn't capture everyone last time....
Census: 2 Utah counties are among the youngest in the nation (www.axios.com)
The Beehive State remains the youngest in the nation, with a median age of 31.9 years.
Sign of the times in Japan as nappy company switches production to adult nappies (www.theguardian.com)
A nappy manufacturer in Japan is to stop making the products for babies and instead raise production of adult diapers, in a reflection of the country’s rapidly ageing society. Oji Holdings, which specialises in paper products, said it would stop making children’s nappies in September amid a sharp decline in demand. The firm...