Mark Steyn links to writers belatedly discovering what he has long written about, namely, the birth dearth in developed countries spells looming disaster for those nations. Countries under review in his post: Japan and Canada, with a glance at European countries. Steyn concludes:
The transformation of developed societies - either into old folks' homes (like Japan) or semi-Islamized dystopias (like Amsterdam, Brussels, etc) - will lead, in fact, to emigration. A young German or Japanese circa 2040 will have no reason whatsoever to stay in his native land and have most of his income confiscated in a vain attempt to prop up an unsustainable geriatric welfare system. So many will leave. Where will they go? At one time the obvious answer would have been America - but Good King Barack seems determined to saddle us with the same unaffordable entitlements that have scuttled the rest of the west.
Me: "Good King Barack"? - I hadn't heard that terminology before. Problem is, the fairy tale ending will be a dystopia and we'll need (for reality's sake) to drop the "good" and substitute something else. Fairy tale? I used the wrong terminology. We're now in a developing theatre-of-the-absurd nightmare from which there may be no waking. Scary.
"Earth Day" was yesterday, April 22nd. Our friends at the Family Research Council remind us that anti-life agendas piggy-back on the day. (My underlining below).
An estimated billion people are celebrating Earth Day around the world, but few seem to understand its true motivation. Today isn't just another reminder to use recycled paper or drive energy-efficient cars. It's a calculated attack on the sanctity of human life. Population control is inextricably linked to the environmental and abortion movements. For years, the Sierra Club and other green militants have said that the best way to consume fewer resources is to have fewer children. Their own website says, "Talk to your decision-makers and demand an increase of funding for voluntary family planning programs and access to comprehensive sex education for young people." Last year, Optimum Population Trust released