https://www.businessinsider.com/tokyo-government-launching-dating-app-marriage-rates-population-decline-japan-2024-6

  • Blottergrass [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    It's right there in the title. They don't want us breeding if we're poor/working class. I'm working class so I guess I can carry on. I'll check in on the birthrate discourse in 5 years and see how the "pressure people but don't pay them more" strategy works out for them.

    • BeamBrain [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      Capitalism and eugenics go together like peanut butter and chocolate.

    • anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]
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      6 months ago

      I assumed it was so people could match up with someone that has an income they are looking for, but either way this becomes a filter for poor or working class people.