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Why don't low birth-rate countries make immigration to their country easier? (fedia.io)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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Wouldn't they benefit from more people? Of course it would come with the condition of learning the language at an acceptable level and that being tied to residency.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just look at the state of the USA with 28% immigrant population.

Which STILL has the 6th highest GDP per capita (10th if you count tax-haven microstates and overseas territories).

Centuries of mass immigration built the US economy. Y'all are acting like economics is all zero-sum and more people = everyone is poorer, but the amount of jobs doesn't stay constant as the amount of people increases. The US always had an influx of immigrants to fuel the ever-growing economic machine.

There's plenty of reasons why a lot of people in the US can't afford to live in cities, etc. None of it is because of immigration, it's mostly corporate greed and stupid zoning laws.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

This still won't apply to most low birth-rate countries like Korea and Japan, where the population densite and job scarcity is already too high.