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> And Japan is arguably paying a steep price for keeping their blood oh-so-pure: it's a society frozen in tradition and fear, with an economy in what is essentially a 20-year recession.

Most of the west has seen the same stagnation, they've just papered over it with immigration. Why would anyone care about economic growth when they are not receiving the benefits of it?




> they've just papered over it with immigration

That's just easily disproven by looking up GDP per capita.

https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&...




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