673화. 출산혁명 대한민국
출산혁명 영어본 종이책 출판을 기점으로
브런치 연재 '대한민국 출산혁명'을 '출산혁명 대한민국'으로 바꾼다.
처음엔 혁명인 줄 몰랐다.
혁명만이 해법이란 걸 알고 제목을 대한민국 출산혁명으로 정했다.
정확히는 대한민국이 출산혁명을 하는 게 아니다.
대한민국은 죽은 목숨.
주체 아니라 객체.
출산혁명이 대한민국을 생존과 번영케 하리라.
PART 10. POST-REVOLUTION: HAPPINESS AND PEACE
One birth, extinction. Two births, a superpower.
The World
The Birth Revolution will spread globally;
Like the Industrial Revolution and the Reformation.
● Two New Worlds
The low birthrate crisis is a global phenomenon.
The world will divide into two groups:
Nations that embrace The Birth Revolution will rise as powers.
But those that ignore it will decline and disappear.
Like the Industrial Revolution and the Reformation,
The Birth Revolution will reshape the world.
For the next 300 years, the U.S. will remain the unrivaled G1.
South Korea can rise to G2.
With The Birth Revolution, South Korea will leap from a perennial weak nation to a G2 power—second only to the United States.
It will surpass China, Russia, Japan, and Germany.
Population Now / In 150 Years / Total Fertility Rate
G1. USA—330 million / 330 million / 1.6 (The only superpower)
G2. South Korea—51 million / 51 million / 2.1 (The Birth Revolution)
China—1.4 billion / 34 million / 1.0
Russia—144 million / 25 million / 1.5
Japan—124 million / 8 million / 1.2
Germany—83 million / 7 million / 1.3
UK—69 million / 9 million / 1.4
France—69 million / 17 million / 1.6
The total population decline may be delayed by a few decades.
But with these total fertility rates, the outcome is inevitable.
It’s simple math.
● Peace and Democracy
1. Preventing war
The Birth Revolution buys us precious time—
a critical window to avert global conflict and war risks.
This is what the world truly hopes for.
2. Defending peace and liberal democracy
The Birth Revolution is more than a solution.
It is humanity’s final stronghold—
for peace, for liberal democracy, for survival.