We only have one modern example of demographic crash to study... Japan.

Total economic stagnation, spiraling population numbers, loss of anything anchored to manual labor, and an aging population.

So far, it looks to be a way for slow extinction of a culture.

guyzero 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Japan, a country famous for no one knowing what its culture is.

throwyawayyyy an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I mean, if Japan is the world's future, isn't that kind of... good? It's not the first place I think of when I think of a failing country.

Japan is not without problems related to a shrinking population i.e. https://eastasiaforum.org/2026/05/21/japans-immigration-poli...

but it's a problem easily solved by just letting in more immigrants.

>but it's a problem easily solved by just letting in more immigrants.

right on cue. it's a Pavlovian response at this point, isn't it?

now please provide one example of a country that had "easily solved" its demographic decline via immigration.

Japan is already accepting immigrants! It's right there in the article I linked! It's just a question of raising the quota slightly.

It's hardly going to solve every problem, it will keep restaurants from closing.

	▲	9dev 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		"allowing to enter the country" and "accepting" are two very distinct things.

everdrive an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Ah yes, the hellscape that is Japan. The Japanese are currently fleeing to South Sudan and Darfur in hopes of a better life.

	▲	belval 36 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The 42.7M tourists that went there in 2025 just enjoyed seeing the incredible decay of a dying country, a morbid fascination or sorts. /s (obviously)