Some people say that the industrial age has brought convenience and enjoyment to mankind, and some people say that the industrial age has made mankind forget the fundamentals. In fact, in the final analysis, everything in the world has advantages and disadvantages, and no one thing will be all good without any negative effects. Take the fertility problem that many countries are currently facing, is it the rapid development of the times that makes ordinary people feel pressure so unwilling to have children, or is society becoming more and more diversified, so that ordinary people give up the "vocation" of having children?
According to reports, Japan announced its total population as of October 1, 2021 some time ago, a decrease of 644,000 compared to October 2020, leaving only 125.5 million people. Surprisingly, Musk actually responded to the news, saying: "At the risk of telling the obvious facts, unless there is a change that causes the birth rate to exceed the death rate, Japan will eventually cease to exist, which will be a huge loss to the world."
After the author saw such a comment, he first felt that Musk had recently been a bit "floating". Although Musk is the world's richest man and has a relatively high status in the United States, there is no need to point fingers at other countries' problems, after all, he is only a businessman. However, a more unacceptable problem arose, such a comment actually got 35,000 likes and 10,000 retweets from Japanese netizens. This hot discussion is obviously different from what everyone understands, because Japanese netizens seem to be on Musk's side.
For example, some Japanese netizens replied: "The wages of Japanese people have been decreasing for 25 years, which is a failure of Japan, and if the wages are not doubled, it is difficult for people to be willing to have children." Some netizens said: "In modern times, even if you don't have children, there are many ways to have fun to enrich your life." Some netizens even said: "Indeed, if this continues, Japan will disappear sooner or later, but is this painful for the world?" I don't care anymore." Some netizens directly told the truth, saying: "I am very grateful to Musk for saying that this will be a huge loss to the world, but in fact, he does not have to force himself to say so."
All in all, whether it is Musk's comments or Japanese netizens' replies to him, it is a bit surprising. Obviously, most of the people who support Musk's ideas are Japan's contemporary "lying flat and nibbling on the old family", who have no excessive demands and yearning for the world, and at the same time will not have more understanding and resistance to social phenomena. To be honest, Japan has indeed destroyed more than just a generation in the past three decades, and if Japan is still unable to change its fertility rate in the coming decades, the prediction may come true.
(Text/Xuanzai)