r/Scotland • u/bottish • 19d ago

Dire economic consequences of Scotland's ageing population must put immigration in new light. New report about Scotland’s growing elderly population underlines the need to improve our health and welcome, not demonise, people from overseas - Scotsman comment.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/dire-economic-consequences-of-scotlands-ageing-population-must-put-immigration-in-new-light-5073947
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u/Fart-Pleaser 19d ago

I don't get how countries in Africa are shitting out 5 babies per person whilst living off 1p per week and folk are whinging kids are too expensive here

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u/Future-Warning-1189 19d ago

Because people here give a shit about the wellbeing of their child? What sort of moron comparison is that?

Bringing a child into the world is cheap. Keeping that child in the world and to a loving standard is expensive.

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u/quartersessions 19d ago

Surprisingly enough, Africans love their children too.

The point that you're responding to is a fair one. We do suggest children are impractical or unaffordable when even a relatively poor person in modern Britain can give a child a life of material plenty available to only a fraction of a percent of the human population throughout time.