Is America Running Out Of People
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- čas přidán 1. 04. 2023
- It's no secret that the United States isn't growing like it used to. America is still the world's largest economy of course, with more successful businesses and more billionaires than anywhere else on earth. However, America is changing and far past the population boom that made it so important on the world stage, especially in the decades following the 1950s. Frankly, at this point, America is facing real population problems; specifically the concern of underpopulation or running out of people. But is America really facing a modern-day population collapse? In this video, I break down declining population growth in the United States while also explaining if the US is facing a major population collapse.
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It is always surprising to me, how most average Americans are really good at understanding the problems of America and also really good at offering a variety of good solutions. Yet politicians seem to promise a lot before being elected and then they end up doing nothing, Republicans and Democrats are both guilty of this. I assume that it is either a huge flaw in the political system or big companies lobbying against certain changes. I don't have any other good explanation honestly
It's lobbying, I could write a million words about it. But really it's just lobbying, I may actually make a non political video about how lobbying is ruining America eventually.
@@SomethingDifferentFilms That would be cool, maybe you could make a detailed video about how lobbying works in the US and add some examples of good projects that have been shut down because of corporations lobbying against the interest of the American people
The US is one of the only countries in the world where it is legal to bribe politicians through lobbying and campaign donations. Politicians should be forced to wear Nascar-like jackets to show all the funding behind them.
The problem is Ponzi schemes don't work without more and more people to support them... the solution is an awakening of the people, followed by a Revolution.
"most average Americans are really good at understanding the problems of America and also really good at offering a variety of good solutions."
Not at all. The parties are so divided because PEOPLE vote for them, PEOPLE. Even independents almost always fall into Democrat and Republican. People are not that wise or informed.
Poverty in America is still living better than the vast majority of humanity. Hot showers, AC, and internet access are almost universal to anyone who works. It’s really living in cities with insane housing prices that is hurting us. No one will have kids when they have everything I listed but only 300 sq ft to themselves.
I made a small spelling error in the video when editing it, it's opportunity not oppertunity, and while that doesn't affect the message or content in a meaningful way (I wanted to make this note.) I will work harder to avoid minor mistakes like this in the future, as I am really focused on quality here. Thank you for understanding and for your support.
In that case the world population is 8 billion as of 2022, not 7.5 billion.
I cannot forgive you unless you publicly do the Decopodian apology dance.
3:40 "bee opening"
You need to address the abortion issue. Outlawing abortion and abominations would solve over half of the problem.
I would love to see a video on the resurgence of the Rust Belt
Thank you Oshun, I think it's an important part of how America will change over the next decade
@@SomethingDifferentFilmshow?
what resurgence?
If the planet keeps heating up I see it happening
@@Wilhelm4131 Climate Change is a myth to take our rights and shit away and give it to the elities and billionares. Florida was suppose to be underwater according to "experts" and nothing has changed.
I think the boom in the 50's was because people were used to having HUGE families. Like 7-8 kids. In the 80's it was usually 3-4. Now most people wait a lot longer and have 1-2 kids. Not to say there aren't people with 3-4 or even 7-8 kids, but it isn't the average person. Also, a lot of people are not getting married at all or they get married and don't have kids.
1950's had lack of birth control and jobs for women. Then, more so than now you were pushed out of the nest, usually expected to marry as a relief to the parents because likely there were more younger siblings. Maybe, in the best of times, a quarter(?) of families are the two parents, kids, happy family ideal. Just because it's pushed, doesn't make it so. Same problems happened back then, just more people and more access to information about others problems makes us think there's an increase of problems for the individual.
@@kelleemerson9510well said and I agree.
After WWII the nuclear family was pushed. 2.5 kids was the national average and yes there was birth control. On both sides.
Increasing obesity, diabetes , and related issues like E.D. make it difficult for some to create a family . There's also hazardous chemicals in the food supply that lead to birth defects and miscarriages
I am from Southeast Michigan and the revitalization of Detroit has been an incredible thing to see. The progress has been massive in just one decade following Detroit's bankruptcy. I would love a rust belt video!
It's because of greed and technological advancements. In the old days you needed people to do literally everything. Now most things are covered by big businesses that already fill that segment or tech that has filled people's jobs so not everyone has a purpose anymore. Also America stopped building small homes after 1950. They still try to make starter homes by selling parts of buildings in big cities or condominiums but those have the issues of owning with other people or companies. The world is well developed now. I also can't think of anything I use in my daily life that needs approved on. With that said I recommend watching that video of American life on 1900s it really puts perspective on what I'm saying. I can't post the link cause it will delete my comment but it's by 16mm educational films "American history 1900-1909 how we lived"
I will check that out, I am fascinated with history (it's why I bring it up so often in my videos). Greed is definitely a major part of it, you could argue that greed is at the core of all three underlying pillars I talked about in the video.
Since the channel focus is on North America, could you do a video on the Northern Territories of Canada? It might be an interesting comparison to Alaska.
I am currently working on two Canadian videos that are a little more general, but I will definitely look into a video comparing the most Northern portions of Canada and the US. Thank you Robbie.
America will never run out of people, it will run out of TIME.
I'm not sure about the nature of your comment tiff, but America certainly faces many difficult struggles. Perhaps the greatest level of difficulty in the nation's short but remarkable history.
@@SomethingDifferentFilms
Your own reply contained the answer to your question... "nature." We have already reached the theoretical tipping point in global warming, where only a 1-degree Celcius increase in temperature will set up an unstoppable avalanche of record heat and cold that will kill all crops, livestock, even the bees and insects we need to sustain life. The total meltoff of the earth's ice sheets will seal our demise, the final insult to the protective "earth's icebox" resulting in the Sixth Extinction Event in world history.
The only difference between this one and all the others is this: When mankind is no longer able to supply the electrical energy that continually cools the 450 nuclear reactors operating around the world, it will instantly start a wave of non-stop nuclear reactions due to the sudden loss of cooling units and subsequent plant meltdowns, guaranteeing that all life down to the smallest microbes will not survive the deadly release of lethal radiation, destroying the upper ozone layer and poisoning the atmosphere for at least 10 million years. I hope this sufficiently answers you question.
@@SomethingDifferentFilms
I hope you read my urgent reply regarding irreversible climate change of only 11 hours ago. If you have any questions, you need only to ask.
@@tiffsaver Catastrophizing much?
@@PeterRiello
I'll give mankind 10 more years before climate change kills us all, in fact, all life on earth. Just look at the record wildfires and heat waves baking the entire world. What do you think that will do to our food supply??
There's really no point in having kids when social security will run out by 2037
As a Detroiter I would love a video on the rust belt. A lot of people down on the city but it along with many other cities in the Great Lakes region have major potential.
Detroit has nothing but potential. A mostly misunderstood city.
@@tommygogetter5992Sm parts of New England lowk r rust belt. Look at Hartford. The Rust belt isn’t a contiguous thing. It’s the Great Lakes, Most of PA, Parts of New England, and parts of Missouri
Pls do a rust belt comeback vid, we could use the hope
It's officially added to my next few videos list now. Thank you Shirt Pants
2:27 Couldn’t help but laugh at the mention of Birmingham Alabama with b roll of Birmingham UK
Now just imagine how much worse it is for europe 😂😂, they are projected to lose 200 million people. Atleast the US will grow another 70 million
I decided to move out to the mountains because of this population boom in the cities 10 years ago and now they're coming out here. Trust me, they don't last very long.
The whole world is overpopulated period so basically any population downswing is a good thing for earth.
I would love to see a vid on the rust belt and another about alaska
Thank you Patrick, I am working on Alaska and South Dakota right now, after that I am going to do the Rust Belt and maybe Light Rail.. I probably need to do another community poll to decide the order of these.
America is not running out of people. the population is still growing.
4:19 "oppertunity" (sic) I'd also say the lack of cheap higher education (not considering student loan) that almost every European country have
The less people the better will always be my motto
So sad for you, thomas.
Jesus wants to give you eternal life.
What is your response?
@@earlysda Jesus and God are dead.
@@jacqueslee2592jacque, You too can receive eternal life from Jesus if you repent, turn from your evil ways, believe in Jesus, and do what he says to do.
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Don't you want eternal life with Jesus in glory?
About evacuations, ignore the notices. Just stay, don't pay. It takes too much money and time to evict anyone!
'm seeing your video from far mother Russia, and wanna say, we have pretty the same problems - big gap between dozen of big cities and periphery, their infrastructure, and life level in general.
Maybe only inequality has another type - in Ru you cannot move higher if you don't have influential persons in your circle, you reach your level and stay there all the rest of your life. In US, without money, you are just physically cut off from opportunities to get an education and therefore to get a good job, income and finally a decent life
NO WE"RE NOT RUNNING OUT OF PEOPLE!💯 You just said in this very video we have a housing problem. Not to mention all kinds of traffic problems among other problems of too many people.💯.
Yes we are, look at the numbers and stop thinking you know it all.
@@fourtwo5619 Ummmmm I DID look at the numbers. World population is still going UP. Traffic jams and price of housing is going up as well! That's all you need to know.
@@slashmaster2 The U.S. could sustainably fit hundreds of millions more than it currently does, but it would require changes in lifestyle and planning. I don't mean that we would all need to start living on 1500 calories and use 2 gallons of water a day, but as a country we desperately need to stop wasting so much (forty percent of food consumed in the U.S. ends up being wasted). Also, changes to urban planning would be necessary. We would need to loosen housing restrictions that make denser neighborhoods impossible to build (look up "the missing middle housing") and we would need to develop our public transit.
Single family zoning is the reason we have a problem with housing. Same with traffic. All of our problems point to bad urban planning, car dependency. All of this rooted in redlining
Don't reply I'm right look up "not just bikes"
@@PeterRiello
No thank you. You are talking about urbanization of rural areas. Not all have a desire to live in concrete jungles.
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Florida is over crowded!! Thank God ppl do leave after the hurricanes and sticker shock!!
Also pls mention the fentanyl epidemic. 100,000 people a year
That's definitely a piece of the problem Shirt Pants
Prof Eberstadt makes the point that the fentanyl epidemic has caused men (also women too) to not be working or otherwise not productive. These young men tend to not have children. Furthering the drop in population.
could you make a video on the comeback of the rust belt
Yes! My next video is all about the Rust Belt and Midwest
Good. Less people, less problems. The economy will balance itself and there will more affordable housing and less taxes.
less people doesn't instantly affect housing price, it's y'all responsibility to build a lot of middle housing if you want them to be affordable
@@skyfeelan Wrong. Majority of people cannot afford to buy a home no less build housing or upgrade their homes. There are countless videos on this topic on CZcams and you can do research on this topic. Housing industry is controlled and is not favorable to middle class. Banks and local government control policy on housing and urban planning, not individuals. In addition, your concept of "responsibility" to build housing is contradictory as you are stating that any individual can build a home or apartment complex in a vacuum without any regulations or law and avert inflation. The inflation of housing is due to manipulating scarcity of housing to increase demand. Individuals are naturally selfish and would want to maximize profit by increasing costs.
@@jacqueslee2592 wrong is a strong word, I do a lot of research both on youtube and reddit, Tapakapa videos on Vienna cheap housing is one of the example of the good ways to get cheap housing
"home or apartment complex"
this is one of the example of your misguided american mindset, that there can be only those two type of housing, but actually there are someting called duplex, 4-plex, midrise, and cottage court
@@skyfeelan Well, we have two different contexts. Hence, it is relative. Austria has a population of nearly 9 million and US 230 million. Austria is relatively large for its population and may be the reason why housing is different. Compared to other European nations that are relatively the same size but larger population, housing costs are high as well such as France, Spain, Italy. I am not that familiar with Austria's situation because the country is rarely mentioned in the media and often overshadowed by other European nations which we usually hear about. Well, lucky for you that Austria has space and is relatively cheap.
Without strong family, child and family central laws, children will not be born. The concept of family and fatherland must be a supported ideal.
I’m 25 years old.And I live in Indiana.But I’d like to move out.And move to either Texas or Colorado.
As an American who has lived all over the country, I am curious what attracts you about those two states? Have you been to them before? Cheers.
@@terrestrialgoldfish2700 I’ve never been to either of them.But, I’ve heard good things about them.From people I know.
Really surprising that net international migration has declined so much since the early 2000s, that's not what the news makes it seem.
Yeah that's tue, but ti's also pretty difficult to get a precise measure of international migration because so much of it isn't really "official"
@@SomethingDifferentFilms US authorities do not keep track of illegal immigration? How's that even possible? Sounds like a national security concern, or do you mean these statistics are kept under other metrics/studies?
Absolute insanity. The U.S. population has never been higher than it is today and its still growing
Totally not because of the migrant crisis
1) birth rate is not same as population growth 2) population growth equal to GDP and our GDP has been growing 3) immigration BOTH legal and illegal aid in growth in GDP
Hmmm. That was Birmingham, UK 🙈
Do a rust belt return please
Good thing we're the number one choice for people who want to immigrate.
Now the million-dollar question what's the government going to do about it?
Stealing money
Throw in another pandemic to get it done quicker. Economists need something to complain about. The elite need less people to control. This is a good cover (and true happening) for the reason that there's less people.
Usa should have population of just 50 people
All these "experts".
The Silver Tsunami
Japan’s population is also shrinking, please do a video on Japan next.
Why would you discuss GDP on a video about population? D-
Wtf is that map at 5.04 😂
Get the smart people from other countries and were good
They say other countries will not have people to spare.
Not if you check the border.
I saw a few articles recently on how the Flordia Keys is the first area in the USA to see a mass exodus because of climate change. I think it would be an interesting topic to explore but in these articles, there are some holes. Some holes include how they describe hurricane season as a horrendous, horrible tragedy that plagues the entire state even though it's pretty normal. In general, the West side of the peninsula always gets the worse part of the hurricane while the East side is usually unharmed or has minimal damage. They also seem to forget or downplay how Flordia overall is growing which would contradict their narrative. It would be interesting to see if these articles are true or if they are just exaggerating a small movement.
I will look into that, I have done alot of research about Miami having such a low elevation and how some experts believe it could be sinking down below sea level. Thank you for this suggestion Rebecca, I really appricate comments that push the direction of the discourse here (like yours)
You mean more liberal propaganda, that's why liberals and progessives are buying mansions on the beach in Florida and Cape Cod right?
Showed UK Birmingham, and said it was Birmingham Alabama
You haven’t defined “population collapse”. Population is not the problem. The distribution of population from babies to seniors is troubling. In total, 336 million is more than enough people, but ideally, more of them would be of working age and fewer retired.
The 5 POPULATED United States territories are also very empty except for Puerto Rico!!!!!
opportunity no oppertunity lol
No, its been proven that the more people there are the more output happens etc-
I don’t see the problem.
Yeah, it doesn’t matter if the percentage of growth is going down, because the fact is, we’re still growing. Population is going up every 10 years, never going down. And In future graphs through 2100, it shows our continued increased throughout the whole century. So what is the problem?
Good
Don't worry bro, I have done at least 300 hours of research on this topic. The US will be saved by its Amish and Haredi Jew populations which grow 3% and 4-5% every year respectively.
terrific if you enjoy a medieval lifestyle
mazel tov!
@@samuell4775 The religious will win
They contribute a lot to the country.
Not true
I do suspect the US population peak may come around 2043-2047. I'm fouty two and almost all the men and women in my age groupnwanted three children. Most of them ended up having two, just enough to replace botj parents.
Americans should get more kids to end the crisis.
The problem in USA is the growing depopulation in rural áreas, which are the plasma of the American landmass...so large metro áreas are becoming islands. Very dangerous. There are islands which look more like a part of México.
it ABORTION! Thats the problem!
It's really not, the American birth rate first fell below replacement rate in 1971, two full years before Roe v. Wade was passed. And then, when it was overturned in 2022, birth rate still hasn't gone up
Wow
Another issue is how ugly America is. I was offered a job in the states a few months back, and I rejected it, because of how car-dependent the entire country is, and how everything is car-centric. Rather than being human-centric or walkable in any way, shape or form. I prefer to work and live in a place where I make $126k/year, then move there for a $200k/year job. It’s just not worth it. I also thought it was immoral, for me to take the job, as a non-American, even though there were plenty of Americans with the same credentials, abilities, skills, and knowledge. I didn’t want to be a corporate subsidy, just because an American would be paid 50-60k a year more than I. That is just wrong on so many levels.
This video is very loose with the issue. We are going to collapse under the illegals burden!
Say thanks to feminism, gay sex and trans gender stuff
Cut taxes significantly. I'm talking 50%. Reduce or even get rid of all social programs. Force the population to work again. Increase domestic production of all aspects of the economy. Get government out of health care. Finally ditch the US dollar and establish a gold backed currency. Once all that is done people will start families again, the economy will grow exponentially.
Crack kills
Running out of people? There are too many as it is.
Mar 20, 1023
Good. Humanity is a joke.
Well I'm just talking about the United States here, some nations are still growing like crazy (I gave some examples in the video).
The United States & Canada will dwindle more & more. Only the rich prosper!Toronto is gobbling up farther out medium cities like mine & raising the cost of living.
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