The U.S. Have A Population Problem

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▶ In this video, I explore the slowing population growth in the United States, which has dropped from a 50% increase between 1974 and 2024 to a projected 16% by 2074. Factors such as lower birth rates, increased life expectancy, and fluctuating immigration rates contribute to this trend. The ethnic composition of the young population is also shifting, with Hispanic and Asian populations increasing while the white population decreases. I discuss the economic and social consequences of a declining population, including the strain on resources, economic growth, and social welfare programs. I also delve into potential solutions like supporting family growth and reforming immigration policies. Join me as I examine why the U.S. faces this demographic challenge and what can be done to address it.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 America's Population Problem
00:44 Increased Role of Immigration
01:49 The Key Problem
02:28 The United States: A Nation Built By Immigrants
03:24 The Evolution of Population Growth Rates
04:37 Why Did The Population Stop Growing As Much?
06:15 The Decrease of Fertility Rates & Why It's Happening
06:52 Baby Boomers vs Millenials & Gen Z
07:54 Patreon
08:51 Could Less Population Actually Be Good?
09:41 The Likely Negative Consequences
11:05 Summarizing The Problem
11:29 Possible Solutions
12:38 Patreon Credits & Summary

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[General.Knowledge]

*What do you think the US (and other countries) should do to fight this population decline issue?*

[alanpyatt]

2:55 if you're Asian American, your ancestors likely came from argue with that I guess 🤷‍♂

[prettygirlpandora]

We can't afford to make new people. It's too expensive to even keep ourselves sustained & our hustle culture/corporations are literally draining the little bit of hope/life we have left. The audacity to ask us to replenish their workforces.

[rafram]

the middle class had their future taken from the billionaires. the middle class have been priced out of family life, home/car/food/clothes, prices have skyrocketed.

[Nate-rf]

It's not a problem, it's a good thing. There are too many people on the planet today.

[keysn]

It isnt sustainable that the population keeps growing at some point it will no matter what stop or even decrease. I think we should rather adapt to a shrinking population than to prevent something that isnt preventable.

[theconqueringram]

I'm personally fine with demographic decline. Too much bullcrap in the world, too many people who have to suffer. Less humans means less suffering. Demographic decline might have some benefits, less people means less workers and less soldiers, so countries might become more reluctant to go to war.

[vapeking]

Its very tough to have children when the majority are single.

[javiervll]

All developed countries, such as the USA 🇺🇸, Japan 🇯🇵 or Western European countries 🇪🇺, have a problem with the growth of the native population. Nationals of these countries no longer want to have children because of low salaries, high housing prices and, in general, the difficulties in forming a family. Therefore, population growth is caused by immigration from Africa, Latin America or Asia. Here in Spain 🇪🇸 we also have a serious problem with the native population, which is compensated by immigrants who arrive mainly from Morocco 🇲🇦, Colombia 🇨🇴, Venezuela 🇻🇪, Romania 🇷🇴, Bulgaria 🇧🇬, Senegal 🇸🇳, Cuba 🇨🇺, Ecuador 🇪🇨, the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 or Peru 🇵🇪.

[mekingtiger]

Also, I think Kazakhstan is an interesting case study considering it is an incredible exception to the rule as its birth rates *increased* over the years!

[izzyci]

a huge reason is greedy people, the managers, which in turn means lower paid jobs that inspire people to have zero offspring which means being greedy has a massive cost: people don't have kids and there's decline

[Lando-kxso]

2:45 migration from Africa was completely by force, the overwhelming amount of Caribbean movement to the US back then was also by force as well & those were just Africans being transplanted to the US south. Migration to the US from the Caribbean by free will didn't really start in significant numbers untill the early 20th century with numbers really taking off in the 1970s. People who are ethnically Afro Caribbean with no long standing connection to the US are not ethnically African American. Slaves were not immigrants

[lorenzell]

Once this starts there's no stopping it. It's the cost of taxes, housing, child care and education that's much to blame. But part of the cause is that our society is increasingly dysfunctional and hostile to people who want to raise children with traditional values.

[enticingmay]

Migration is not the answer. We can’t keep bringing in more people and have limitless growth in a land with limited resources like water. We need to age gracefully and move away from this economic model that rely on endless consumption and building sustained by rapid population growth. It’s not about the quantity of people that you have in a society, it’s about the quality of those people and what they contribute as individuals. You can bring in a million more people every year but if the majority of those people are not economically and socially productive then it’ll be more of a hindrance to society and the economy rather than an asset. We need to invest in the people already here in this country. There are millions if not tens of millions of working age people in this country who are unemployed or underemployed, invest in those people first before bringing more in. This along with automation will help ease our economy and society into dealing with the aging population. This goes for all countries of the west. The current system of mass migration and the problems that it brings is clearly not working and people from around the world are waking up to that.

[inikoli]

Reducing the human population globally by 1 to 3 billion over the next century could probably be a good thing. This would cause societal changes around the world, but it would not cause the collapse of the human as a species.

[MyoYoneda]

It is not and never was a problem. Our system based on eternal growth of everything is the problem. People do what they want. They certainly will not die out. At some point in the future it will grow again. Until then we need to adjust the system instead of pushing people to birth more.

[StevenMacQuarrie]

$600, 000 houses and $15 an hour isn't working. Supply is horrible, so decline means affordability... UNLESS, the rich continue to buy everything up and leave it vacant. Millions of vacant homes rotting away in 2100. STUPID.

[isaiahfisher]

Both of these problems are easily solvable.

For immigration: Reforming the immigration system to make legal immigration and naturalization easier would promote legal immigration and allow a large part of the US's already large migrant community to assimilate into the citizenry, and allow their kids to pursue higher education and therefore contribute more to the economy.

For birthrates: Progressive policies like universal childcare would help MASSIVELY, as would strengthening unions, higher minimum wage laws, public healthcare, and shortening the workday. Any/All of these would allow working-class people (Who have more kids than middle and upper-middle class people) to enjoy better and healthier lives and have more free time, which will naturally lead to higher birthrates.

Unfortunately, all of these ideas are thought of as "Far-Left" by half or more of the country. And the ultra-wealthy have an interest in keeping the status quo. So it won't happen.

[dvdgo]

Usa: problem
Europe (italy): ahh yah.. i know it

[User.mindyourownbusiness]

I would rather grow old alone playing video games, than having children in this economy, in this job market.
I call it being responsible not selfish.