The North Korean leader calls for women to have more children to halt a fall in the birthrate
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The North Korean leader says it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country’s birthrate.
  • PugJesus
    56•1 year ago

    Damn, all the world’s dictators seem to be getting on the same page with their misogynistic bullshit lately. Good coordination! /s

    • 👍Maximum Derek👍English
      16•1 year ago

      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.

      • PugJesus
        6•1 year ago

        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.

      • Echo DotEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        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.

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    4•1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country’s births in order to strengthen national power, state media said Monday, as his government steps up the call for the people to have more children.

    “Stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs that we should solve together with our mothers,” Kim said in his opening speech.

    South Korea’s fertility rate, the lowest in the developed world, is believed to be due to a potent cocktail of reasons discouraging people from having babies, including a decaying job market, a brutally competitive school environment for children, traditionally weak child care assistance and a male-centered corporate culture where many women find it impossible to combine careers and family.

    The country’s fertility rate recorded a major decline following a famine in the mid-1990s that was estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands of people, the Seoul-based Hyundai Research Institute said in a report in August.

    “Given North Korea lacks resources and technological advancements, it could face difficulties to revive and develop its manufacturing industry if sufficient labor forces are not provided,” the institute report said.

    Ahn, the website head, said that Kim Jong Un’s repeated public appearances with his young daughter, Ju Ae, are also likely be efforts to encourage families.

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    • @Plopp@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0•1 year ago

      Do you know nothing about the female reproductive system? Just as it has a way to shut that thing down if there has been a rape, it can just become spontaneously pregante if the carrier really wants a baby (or is ordered by The Great Leader).

  • thisisbutanameEnglish
    14•1 year ago

    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.

  • @scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10•1 year ago

    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!”

  • @andrenada@lemmy.todayEnglish
    -2•1 year ago

    Envy from the Europe with its population going extint and aging. Is there any single country in Europe where it’s not the case?

    • Echo DotEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      If people don’t think there is much of a future in this world then they’re not going to have kids are they? And given that the majority of the problems in the world are caused by overpopulation of reduced population seems like a good thing.

      • @CaptKoala@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        The majority of humanities problems are caused by shit government policy and billionaires’ addiction to pollution and making line go up.

        Overpopulation is a part of the issue, but pales in comparison to the rich, corps and corrupt politicians.

        E: you’re bang on about the existential dread being part of it, if folks are poor or have little going for them, the likelihood of having kids drops significantly.

  • Jaysyn
    16•1 year ago

    “So we can sell them to Russia as cannon-fodder”

  • z3rOR0neEnglish
    0•1 year ago

    For sures. Just increase the quality of life and grant us freedoms for us to enjoy, oh benevolent dictator. Our depression, fear, and malnutrition makes it difficult for us to get hard/wet.