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"Population is far from the seemingly innocuous and bland topic of “people”.
We’re not just talking people. We’re talking the very foundation of society,
culture, and economy … and it’s deeply fraught. It’s also an effective
political point scorer.
Population scrutiny waxes and wanes in Australian populist and political
discourse, much like many nations across the globe. Canada, the United States,
Germany, New Zealand and the United Kingdom are all grappling with population
issues.
But when we talk population, it’s pretty safe to read immigration. It’s
immigration that has most of the world talking, because growth for many is
dominated by international movements, not local growth.
Population growth due to immigration has fed growing fears from some quarters
about a replacement of the majority dominance – in other words, that white
people will no longer be the majority in Australia.
Contemporary population debate has been largely ill-informed, lacking nuance
and is often detrimental. Rooted in a long history of the way we talk about
population, contemporary debate is best understood in context, and with facts."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
