L’extinció dels europeus

Si un tema tabú hi ha, és el de la demografia dels europeus. Tard o d’hora, i certament ja és tard, n’haurem de parlar. És clar, d’entrada, que si no haguéssim renunciat a fer fills, no hi hauria gaire lloc per als immigrants. Què va ser primer, doncs? La renúncia, o la in... corporació de forans?

Pavel Kohout: Where Have All the Children Gone?

In the third century AD there was a prophet called Mani. He preached a doctrine of conflict between Good and Evil. He saw the material world as the devil’s creation. Marriage and motherhood was a grave sin in his view, since by bearing children people multiply the works of Satan. The Manichean ideal was to move mankind to a superterrestrial realm of Good by way of gradual extinction.

In the course of history, Manichaeism was ruthlessly eradicated as an heretical, ungodly doctrine. When looking at demographic statistics, however, one might think that the populations in developed countries have converted en masse to Manichaeism and decided to become extinct. The birth rate in most western countries has fallen bellow replacement level.

(versió francesa: Le lent suicide de l’Europe continentale :
où sont passés tous les enfants ?)