With the exception of the last few years, the U.S. population has not grown at such a slow rate since 1918, during the influenza pandemic and World War I.
COVID-19, Declining Birth Rates and International Migration Resulted in Historically Small Population Gains
It’s really hard to understate how good white boomers had it and how much of that social infrastructure has crumbled behind them. But they’re still well off enough that they’re insulated from those changes so they don’t even have the experiences to realize their own good fortune, let alone that it’s gone.
It’s really hard to understate how good white boomers had it and how much of that social infrastructure has crumbled behind them. But they’re still well off enough that they’re insulated from those changes so they don’t even have the experiences to realize their own good fortune, let alone that it’s gone.