Starving parents are gonna want starving children says fat dictator.
Or perhaps modestly proposes
Maybe the kids are for food?
Damn, all the world’s dictators seem to be getting on the same page with their misogynistic bullshit lately. Good coordination! /s
It’s long term despot thinking. The world is having a birth rate crisis, falling below replacement rate, so if they can dictate their way to a birthrate of 3+ then they’ll be able to just wait us out. Productivity is power in world economics.
Showing the paucity of dictators for learning from the mistakes of the past, Mao thought as much as well. Bit of a shame the crisis China found itself in because of that.
I thought countries like China wanted a smaller population? Now they want a bigger population I wish they’d pick something and then stick with it.
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Good morning, Tropico! Today, El Presidente wants you to turn that light off and make that babies!
Didn’t Putin ask the same not long ago?
Why would Putin want North Korean women to have more children?
Ah, the old Lemmy switcheroo.
Dam
So they can work in his factories?
First Putin, now this fat fuck, Xi will be next…
China was first. This is from March: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/time-money-love-china-brainstorms-ways-boost-birth-rate-2023-03-15/
Getting ready for war
What are you going to feed them with?
I think they are the food
“So we can sell them to Russia as cannon-fodder”
Lots of countries are trying to encourage births, his approach is just a bit more… Direct. Enacting policies? Just tell people to bump uglies more!
Also, given South Korea’s population is projected to decline sharply, having more soldiers to throw in the frontlines would be a strategic advantage in a future war.
To give some perspective, North Korea currently has about the same fertility rate as the US.
Per the article, North Korea’s fertility rate is 1.79 in 2022, down from 1.88 in 2014. Meanwhile, the US has been on a slow increase with its TFR over the last few years - 1.782 in 2022 and 1.784 in 2023. Interestingly, older women are contributing to the increase over younger women.
And N. Korea has little to no immigration to subsidize being below 2.1.
Good point - and it’s an important distinction. Immigrants in the US usually have higher birth rates than native-born. Of course no one is allowed to emigrate from North Korea but that most likely contributes to their net decline.
many women are waiting til they are ‘older’ before having any kids.
Yeah it’s difficult to have kids when you and your spouse can barely afford a one bedroom apartment together, people have longer debt payoff periods now due to the skyrocketing rate of education. That needs to be taken care of before you incur the debt that a child leads to.
Cars, housing, education have all become insanely overpriced and it’s seriously slowing down how quickly people can start families of their own.
If people waited until they’re student loans we’re paid off. A whole lot of them would be waiting till they are 60. Myself included.
I can’t tell if this is a troll post or if you need to ask for a refund for your education.
I wanted three kids - my wife was done at two. It’s not like we really debated it, but I’m trying to figure out how I could have said “See honey, dear leader says we should have three, and he is of course infallible. Do it for nation’s great glory!”
This sounds dangerously like you actually respect your wife.
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Not as scummy as American politicians forcing rape victims to have their rapist’s children
Por que no los dos
Hey, he’s just playing to the populist message.
Guys, I think he’s serious
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DickTators be like what?
This is usually a story you hear from a country as they develop. Birth rate declines as development rises and isn’t affected much by other factors. What development factors are triggering a decline in the birth rate of North Koreans?
Even in fucking Gaza the fertility rate is 3.38. That’s a territory that’s constantly been bombed, people keep getting shot, and there’s lack of reliable access to clean water and electricity.
