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Tanada,

I had not heard 2:1, that does not bode well for social stability.

And I agree, an lot of what we do as individuals comes down to our circumstances.

Makes you wonder about circumstances in other countries.

Good and bad. We spend a lot of time in Dominica. I knew it was poor but did not realize how poor. And the political system leaves much to be desired. Yet we find it a most delightful country and people.

Later, locals can learn Mandarin.

Newfie wrote:Tanada,

I had not heard 2:1, that does not bode well for social stability.

And I agree, an lot of what we do as individuals comes down to our circumstances.

Makes you wonder about circumstances in other countries.

Good and bad. We spend a lot of time in Dominica. I knew it was poor but did not realize how poor. And the political system leaves much to be desired. Yet we find it a most delightful country and people.

Okay to be fully accurate for every 100 18-24 year old women in the PRC there currently 120 18-24 year old men. Now if you add in excess males in the 25-54 group still interested in female long term relationships that brings the number up to the 2:1 figure for the youngest adults because older established men are better marriage partners in the eyes of most women. That removes a lot of those 18-24 females from the potential wife category for the men of the same generation.

Interesting analysis. And good point.

I will have to share with Peter Zeihan, he loves to dump on China.

Joking aside that is an astute observation and makes a lot of sense. It is an illustration of how just taking the numbers at face value can be misleading .

Thanks.

Tanada wrote: That removes a lot of those 18-24 females from the potential wife category for the men of the same generation.

And that's when you have a big war and send those 18-24 year old men off to get killed, and hopefully get you some resources into the bargain.

theluckycountry wrote:

Tanada wrote: That removes a lot of those 18-24 females from the potential wife category for the men of the same generation.

And that's when you have a big war and send those 18-24 year old men off to get killed, and hopefully get you some resources into the bargain.

Let me fix that for you....
That's when you send those remaining young consumers off to die while trying desperately to transition to a consumption based economy while controlling labor costs.

Newfie wrote:

Let me fix that for you....
That's when you send those remaining young consumers off to die while trying desperately to transition to a consumption based economy while controlling labor costs.

Let me add to that. It's also when you also realize the truth, that a nation in decline can't support an evolved social welfare system that has become bloated with parasites.