The Trump administration has cut legal immigration by 132,000 people per month, far more than the drop in illegal crossings. These are doctors, engineers, workers, and entrepreneurs. Over the last 30 years, legal immigrants reduced the U.S. deficit by $14.5 trillion. And Trump has increased our deficit by another trillion in 2026. With an aging population and shrinking workforce, we need them. This isn’t border security, it is economic suicide. Our kids and grandkids will pay the price for this idiocy.

It’s called Agrovoltaics and it works pretty damn good,if you do it right.

The pairing can also offer some synergies. Solar panels can help moderate ground temperatures, provide shelter for livestock and help plants retain moisture.[6] For farmers the ability to produce electricity can help diversify their income stream.

Solar panels block light, which means that dual use systems involve trade-offs between crop yield, crop quality, and energy production.[7] Some crops/livestock benefit from the increased shade, obviating the trade-off,[8] such as green leafy vegetables, and spices such as turmeric and ginger, whereas staple crops such as wheat, rice, soybeans or pulses require more sun.[9] Agrivoltaics has also been used at scale in arid and semi-arid regions to stabilize soils, reduce dust storm intensity, increase vegetation cover, provide forage for livestock, and curb desertification, notably in northern China.[10][11]

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While I understand the sentiment, I think there are a huge number of hurdles in front of them. Certainly they have become a manufacturing powerhouse, but they also have a lot more dependencies then does the US. Also everyone is going to be hit by the demographic inversion here shortly, so that’s going to be a dynamic environment to be “the world power”. Such as climate change and the reduction of the rule of law.

Don’t forget this is an international game though. China is playing this game.

Given as these “Generation” tend to be made up anyway for marketing, tell me more about the split you are thinking of and why?

This is a great data pull btw. This is similar across much of the Global North.

Data doesn’t support that at all.

Many just don’t want to, which is not fear. Only a few of those polled (across many countries) indicate fear (state of the world, fear of being a parent, etc) as being the reason. Egotism, insecurity, genetics, finances, etc are all some of the basis and they cannot all be boiled down to just fear. This is structural and cultural not just emotional.

This is a great question, and I highly recommend diving into this and it’s implications. It’s a sort of simple answer, but is really very complex with some deep fundamentals.

I went on a rant @lod’s comment, which I maybe should have posted directly, but I’ve spent years digging in on this and it’s impacts.

I’m happy to have direct conversations about it, but I have found out that Lemmy isn’t the forum for more than simple direct answers.

I hope you get some great answers though!

While I appreciate the optimism, I’m not sure that the historical data bears out that we will probably see the birthrates climb again when the supports are in place. This is a massive challenge for all of the Global North, but especially Japan, China, South Korea, and then all the way up in the “developed world.” Some where around Panama, Indonesia, or Myanmar is where you see the 2.1 replacement rate (from 2024 data), so something close to 100 countries below 2.1 TFR.

Bribes have been tried (as in one time payments for kids). Child Care coverage has been tried. Other structural changes (like the Nordic dual parent paternity leave, or even time shifted paternity leave like France and others).

Maybe you mean more than just economic and governmental supports. As Claudia Goldin has said “cultural changes around gender and women’s autonomy are the primary drivers of fertility decline, not just economic factors that policies might address”

This is why, as an American, I’m so confused about the anti-immigration bonanza happening. It’s not only against the American ethos, but shooting ourselves in the foot both economically and culturally. We need more people to make up for the future loss that is happening, and people from around the world have wanted to come. They pay for their worth in huge amounts (I’m already digressing so I won’t paste more journals and such on this), and what’s more if we want the economy to thrive and survive we need them… (Should we have a growth based economy is another question, that is worth asking, but again digression.)

Anyway, the point is Global North has tried and failed to address TFR, and no one has one that battle. Greater standard of living = lower TFR.

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