Yes, it is interesting that the world was so concerned about over population in the late 1960s-1970s. When the book The Population Bomb came out.
Now, we are seeing the collapse of countries because their birth rate is so low. Already happening in South Korea, Japan, Italy and China. Peter Zeihan has been preaching about it for several years as the main cause of the downfall of China.
The only difference between the US, Italy, Spain, GB and China is that people from other countries actually want to move to Spain, Italy, GB and the USA.
I have been trying to convince Mrs Woodbutcher for two years now about moving/retiring to Italy. Even places in Tuscany are becoming affordable. Southern Italy is cheap. Even places right on the coast of the Med/Adriatic are cheap in the southern part of the country.
We have been watching Italy as well and even practicing Italian. It is a bargain there at the moment. Right now, we live in a very expensive part of the country with a bunch of lefties and “new arrivals” who are destroying the state.
I was in the lumber industry for almost ten years before I was hired by a fire department and started living the easy life of a government employee.