하늘의 뜻이라 할 밖에
655화. 대한민국 출산혁명
ㅡ2022년 1월, 3년 전
심근경색.
죽음의 목전.
1분이 급한데 무려 17시간 사경 후 시술.
설 연휴 첫날, 집도의 부재라서.
심혈관에 스텐트 셋 박고 살아남다.
ㅡ2023년 7월, 2년 전
위암 발견.
자연으로 받아들이기로.
최종 진단 초기 a형.
초기 b형과 달리 위 절제, 항암 치료 않아도 된다.
b형에 절차대로면 오직 생명 부지에만 전념해야.
ㅡ그해 11월, 4개월 후
저출산 처음 관심.
출산율 0.7의 의미를 알고 기겁.
매세대 인구 2/3 없어지고 1/3만 남는다.
게다가 연속, 불가역.
한 세대마다 인구 5,100만, 1,700만, 200만...
내 삶은 거기서 멈췄다.
만 2년 출산혁명 집필 올인.
600페이지.
저출산 근원 11 무지, 해법 11조를 찾아내다.
유일, 완벽하고 이 방법 외엔 없다.
ㅡ2025년 8월 현재
이제야 한 숨 돌린다.
책은 나보다 오래도록 산다.
나를 거두지 않음은 하늘의 뜻이라 할 밖에.
A Mandate from Heaven
● A Mandate 천명
A humanities revolution comes once in centuries—
marked by bloodshed and spread across the world.
1789: The French Revolution
1867: Marx’s Das Kapital—the theory of revolution
1917: Lenin—its execution
Before that? Only war. No true humanities revolution.
So once a thousand years.
The Birth Revolution is a humanities revolution.
I saw the opportunity—and seized it.
Not just theory, but execution.
Even if I were born ten more times, I would never get such a chance again.
Revolution, by nature, is soaked in blood—oppression and struggle.
But The Birth Revolution is lawful.
A Happiness Revolution.
Its purpose, its means, and its outcome are all happiness.
And so, I declare it, without hesitation: a revolution.
Even if I were born a hundred times, I would never get such a chance again.
It is the first in human history.
Because the low birthrate is the unprecedented, the worst, and the invisible crisis in human history.
Because I dreamed of revolution—
and prepared for it all my life.
Humanity is dying.
The lives of hundreds of millions—no, billions—of unborn babies are at stake. The fate of humanity, present and future, hangs in the balance. The civilization we’ve built over thousands of years will disappear. Everything will collapse in three generations. But the economy will fall first. One day, 10 years from now, it will begin in South Korea.
If it is no one’s fault, then it is the fault of all humanity.
Humanity rages at petty evils, stays silent before great ones, and turns away from monstrous ones.
If it’s no one’s fault, then it’s everyone’s fault.
People say it’s impossible without even trying.
Destiny is not enough for me.
It can only be called—
A mandate from heaven.
● Providence 섭리
January 2022
Three years ago—myocardial infraction.
At the threshold of death,
Every minute mattered, yet the hospital delayed me for an unbelievable 17 hours—just because it was the first day of a five–day holiday and the interventional cardiologist in charge was absent.
I survived with three stents placed in my coronary arteries.
July 2023
Two years ago—diagnosed with stomach cancer.
Chose to accept as part of nature.
Final diagnosis: early stage type a.
Unlike type b, no gastrectomy and chemotherapy required.
If it advances, then only cling to life remains.
That November
First interested in low birthrate.
Shocked to grasp the meaning of a total fertility rate of 0.7.
Two-thirds of the population disappear, only one-third remains.
Furthermore, this continues, irreversible.
Each generation, 51 million → 17 million → 6 million → 2 million…
My entire life came to a halt.
For 2 years, devoted myself entirely to writing The Birth Revolution.
Uncovered the 11 root ignorances of the low birthrate crisis, and 11 corresponding principles.
The only solution—viable, complete, beyond alternative.
August 2025, now
At last, I can take a breath.
The book The Birth Revolution outlive me.
That heaven has not yet taken me—I can call it fate.
● A Revolutionary’s Fate 운명
A revolutionary is destined to walk alone.
I must summon my own courage—
ceaselessly, to the utmost—
until I reach the sum of the Korean people,
the sum of all humanity.
Until the day The Birth Revolution is complete.
And then, I return to being Nobody.
● An Old Man’s Wish 소망
An old man who senses death holds a wish to be remembered.
This body will rot and crumble anyway.
I began writing after retiring nine years ago, just to leave behind even a single line.
Now, the wish is fulfilled.
That’s enough, What more could an old man need?
