What you say is correct and is also what is happening. Some have no children, some one of two. The end is fertility rate below replacement rate. Many people that want children stop at 2 because then it becomes too hard to combine with a job and costs too much. If there government wants more children, support is needed.
Voyager uses plutonium 238 which has a half-life of 83 years. So after 50 years, its fuel has decayed too much and it’s running out of power. The article didn’t make that clear.
Pay women a decent wage per child, like a good part of the average wage per child until the child turns 18. That’ll be a clear incentive to get children. Everything else is just ineffective tinkering. In a classic rural setting children were a labor force. In a modern urban setting they’re a very expensive hobby with lots of unpaid labor. In a quid pro quo world, pay up. Children are not free. If that’s not possible then a growing population is not economically viable in the current system. Better luck in the next system.
Some regimes have tried to force the issue, banning all abortions and contraceptives. The end result was a population that was shrinking more slowly and orphanages overflowing because children were dumped as people didn’t have enough money to support them.
Usually civilian targets are avoided because it galvanizes the population’s opinion to pro war but in Russia’s case it doesn’t seem to matter much anymore.
Global stability of always good for trade and business. The supply chains disruption with covid shows what a bit of chaos can do to businesses, so it’s not entirely altruistic.
But I’m aware that this transition away from American dominance can be wild. It’s inevitable that fighting for the top dog position will happen. How that plays out with shrinking population is anyone’s guess.
and while America has benefited strategically, it’s also taken on substantial costs
It was an empire in all but name and was a bit more than just a strategic benefit, but every empire gets too expensive to maintain and must shrink again.
Last start American politicians started to talk about the cost and responsibilities being too much, EU countries started cozying up to China and it freaked the same politicians that were talking “I invite you to get going without us”. Let’s see what happens this time.
It was the deal made after world war 2. Europe buys your goods, uses dollar for international trade and reserve currency, buys oil from American companies and trade oil in petro dollars, making American citizens the richest in the world. In turn we have Pax Americana meaning USA beings the world’s police, militair bases on European soil, and cooperation in things like climate.
If the choice is made to change that deal, a lot of things will change too. Probably not for the better.
Sci-fi comedy predicting the future again.
It’s from the movie Idiocracy.
Didn’t Erdogan try to do the same in Türkiye? After some currency crashing and cost of living crisis he did change his tune.
but this is really about predicting what trump will do
Trump plays pigeon chess — it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory.
It’s football. Attacking civilians because they wave around the wrong flag, or just wearing the wrong color of t-shirt or scarf is reason enough for a beating.
That’s probably the perception. Democrats have been in power for 4 years, things didn’t get better for a lot of people and then they say to vote for them for more of the same. Surprisingly that doesn’t help with voter enthusiasm. They’ll have more chance next time with messaging things won’t get worse with them after Trump mishandled stuff.
Simple, good-sounding things they want to hear is what wins elections these days.
The only winning move is not too buy
There are plenty other wacko ways people got themselves in the hospital if that’s your kink. The one with the girl that overdosed on gummies because she wanted spicy food was fun.
“But he tells it like it is!” they say.
Then you listen Trump giving s speech and telling 4 outright lies in the first 3 rambling sentences.
USA is a country with a lot of inequality, if not rising inequality, so a fertile breeding ground for populists. And it has an ancient voting system that always gives a two party system so perfect for this kind of polarisation. The system with campaign contributions will also make sure nothing changes about inequality and is making things worse. Yeah, it’ll happen again.
In my mind, this is the only correct backdrop for that bowl.