Sometimes an offhand comment, routine social interaction, or other trivial occurrence reveals much about society. Occasionally such cultural cues are amplified through social media and gain widespread support. This happened recently in China. While the Chinese government was implementing yet another Covid lockdown, one young lad vociferously protested being hauled off to a quarantine camp. […]
Category: demography
The “fake news” about over-population has been proved wrong over and over again, but over and over again the fear comes back, like a vampire sucking optimism and hope out of modern society. In fact, the biggest danger we face is the coming demographic winter.
