-Saito Kohei is a renowned Marxist scholar from the University of Tokyo
-As a result of ignoring climate change and economic disparity, people are not reproducing anymore
-Japanese social contract has been broken down and lifetime employment has been reduced to irregular employment
-Workers are being seen as nothing more than costs by companies
-Overconcentration of population in Tokyo is happening not due to the wish of the poeple, but due to the concentration of capital there
-Population decline is happening not only in rural areas but in regional cities as well due to this phenomena
-Japan and South Korea are in a grave situation due to advanced capitalism (in their respective countries)
There are many reasons for the lowering birthrates. Some are definitely caused by advanced capitalism, others are caused by societal progress.
The things that come to mind that contribute negatively to birthrates are radical individualism, rising costs of living, easier access to birth control, the emancipation of women.
You don’t happen to have a link to the full article do you? Fascinating stuff…
Socialism or Extinction has a good section on it (unfortunately it lacks a table of contents, but its all good).
I don’t subscribe to Mainichi so I don’t have full access either. It seems to be an exclusive interview too which is a shame.
