The only way out is through
Allow me to stay on the theme of demographics for another week. This has been on my mind as I will be taking a break from writing and on holiday for a month visiting Japan and Korea, both of which are dealing with this scenario: low birthrates and a declining population.
New Zealand faces the same situation, but we have replaced the second ingredient with a more dangerous one: mass migration.
Visiting these sites in the Bay of Islands really is a must-do experience once you have an understanding of the history beyond the sanitised bits.
For true political tragics like myself, election night will provide some excitement purely from the delight of watching data trickle in. However, the preceding few months promise to be an extraordinary bore.
The hungry ghosts of our ancestors have a plan for us. And they are smarter than you can possibly appreciate.
Echoes of Menzies’ epochal ‘forgotten people’ speech.
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Open borders pope closes his own borders with prejudice.
