Funny

Yes, that’s correct. For most of my life, I’ve heard doomsayers warning about overpopulation and the urgent need to reduce our numbers. Yet now, we’re on the brink of a global population peak, and birth rates are plummeting almost everywhere fast. In countries like South Korea and Japan, they’ve fallen well below replacement levels. Europe is facing a similar crisis, and while the United States is only slightly below replacement rate, that’s largely due to high levels of immigration. Without the influx of immigrants, our birth rate would be in decline as well.

This isn’t just a regional issue; it’s a global one. Initially, I blamed Wokeness — LGBTQ propaganda, feminism, social media, and modern technology — all of which undeniably make it harder for people to form nuclear families and have children. While these factors certainly exacerbate the problem, they don’t fully explain it. The same decline is happening in conservative societies, like Poland or Middle Eastern countries, where traditional patriarchal structures are still intact.

It turns out the primary cause is women’s education. When young women are educated during their prime childbearing years, they tend to have fewer or no children, causing birth rates to dip below replacement levels. By contrast, in African countries and parts of the Middle East where women are denied education and treated more like property, birth rates continue to rise. The evidence points clearly to this connection.