Is anime and waifu culture the cause of The collapse of the birthrate? Answers from Japanese to Thomas Wictor.
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I said on Twitter.
I answer to your fear as a Japanese. Do people give up love affair with women by waifu culture? I do not think so. Having a waifu and having a wife is not contradictory. We can have two, there are many couple between Otakus. The collapse of the birthrate is not caused by waifu in Japan. The reason is that companies kicked off workers and stopped new employment after the bubble economy collapses in 90s. The government promoted a vicious circle in which the people suffer losses due for vested interests. At that time, the life design of many people collapsed. it is still continuing now. Many workers who lost economic power lost the opportunity to get married. This is said to be the direct cause of the declining birthrate. In order to avoid this, it is necessary to succeed in dismantling the vested interests. by the way, Early in the 2000s, Two signs emerged. It is "anti-conservative right wing [ネトウヨ Netouyo]" and a waifu and eroge culture in 2ch. These started as the performance of their victim situation. And only the former go to madness. These are the result, not the cause. Also, the effect is not permanent. For example, the former alt-right in 2ch beginning to turn to the left wing. people are turning to the right. haha, Japan is future but I think that Right turning and the collapse of the birthrate occur by a vicious circle of the economy. people need to cure social upsides not culture.