The "birth rates will fix themselves" myth.❌ "Fertility is cyclical. It always rebounds."✅ No major developed economy has reversed a fertility decline once it dropped below 1.5. None.❌ "Immigration solves it."✅ Source countries are also collapsing. Mexico, India, Iran, Vietnam are all near or below replacement.❌ "Fewer people is good for the planet."✅ Aging societies consume more resources per worker, not fewer. The dependency ratio breaks the welfare state long before the population stabilizes.This is a on ...