The triumph of modern feminism has put society on the path to demographic collapse.

The U.S. fertility rate dropped to a new low last year, according to recently released Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. An earlier report put the country’s total fertility rate at around 1.6 births per woman. A country’s population will remain stable if the total fertility rate is 2.1 births per woman.

Zoom out and you’ll find that a decline in birth rates is a global problem. South Korea currently has 51.7 million people. With its low birth rate, the population is projected to drop to under 25 million by the end of the century.

Think about this. In the “Avengers” movies, Thanos is a supervillain whose great evil deed is snapping away half the universe’s population. South Korea is doing that to itself—by choice. And the consequences will be severe.

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