1425 Demographics

There are several thought-provoking predictions about what's going to happen to the West population-wise. Simply extending the current situation out a century results in an 80% reduction, and lots of people think that's a good thing. It’s not a new phenomenon, historically, as societies mature, they become decadent and start to decline faster & faster until they collapse. This time, there might be several reasons why this situation came to be, most notably, feminism; the defeat of the patriarchy broke down the traditional family structure; or it could be due to decreasing testosterone in men from environmental contamination; there’s also the cult of environmentalism that advocates for drastic reductions in humanity, even extinction for the sake of the planet. Whatever the reason, it’s certain that without people, society cannot keep operating at this level. Who’s going to keep the infrastructure going? Who’s going to take care of the large number of elderly from previous generations? Who’s going to protect against foreign invasion? Plausibly, robots & AI will replace the tasks that all those other humans used to do, and the people remaining will be genetically engineered to have longer lifespans. In the long run, it seems likely that non-Western civilizations that have maintained their replacement rate will flow into the empty spaces, and the cycle will start anew.