If You Are Contracepting, You Are Part of A Very Big Problem

Madrid Blogspot ^ | January 27, 2009 | Patrick Madrid

[NYer]

Global aging, combined with plummeting birth rates, is a catastrophically dangerous menace that only a few people seem to be waking up to. You may not be familiar with terms like “global aging” and “demographic winter,” but you will be soon.

I've been giving public lectures on the problem of global aging for the past 7 years or so, and my audiences are always shocked and dumbfounded as I explain how the West's ever expanding population of old people (due, thank God, to the ever-improving capabilities of bio-medical science), while a good thing in itself, will soon become a prime target for the forced-euthanasia crowd as the decline in birth rates among women of child-bearing age throughout the West (as well as major non-Western countries like Japan and Russia) forces an ever-shrinking number of younger, working citizens to shoulder the economic burden of paying for the retirement benefits consumed by the ever-expanding population of retired, old folks.

This is a lethal combination that will, I am certain, begin playing itself out with horrifying new consequences within the next 10, 15, 20 years. Perhaps sooner. It's hard to predict. What we do know for sure, though, is that the West has been marinating for decades now in the bloody serum of legalized abortion, and it breathes the toxic atmosphere of ubiquitous pornography, consumerism, and the contraception mentality. What would have been unthinkable to Americans a mere 50 years ago (gay marriage, a billion-dollar abortion industry, the rise of euthanasia, etc.) has become commonplace and increasingly  unremarkable in this generation.

Where are we headed?

American economist Peter G. Peterson, in his book Gray Dawn: How the Coming Age Wave Will Transform America and the World (Random House, 1999), predicts: “Global aging will become the transcendent political and economic issue of the twenty-first century. I will argue [in this book] that — like it or not, and there's every reason to believe we won't like it — renegotiating the established social contract in reponse to global aging will soon dominate and daunt the public policy agendas or all the developed countries” (p. 5).

What Peterson means by “renegotiate the established social contract” is: You retired people, as well as all you who expect to retire in the next decade or two, don't expect that you'll be taken care of by the rest of us the way you now are or expect to be taken care of. Safety nets like Social Security and Medicare may have to be drastically downsized or even, if things get economically bad enough, eliminated. In other words, we may not be able to continue paying for the burdensome expenses old people impose on an ever-shrinking younger workforce (Thanks, contracepting couples! Thanks, abortion industry!). And what happens then? 

I've been saying for years now what is being reported yet again in this article. What is now known as the “right to die movement” is steadily morphing into what will soon become the “oblicagtion to die movement.” 

The politics of “young versus old” is rising, slowly but surely, and we will live to see its pernicious effects. Soon enough we will begin to see how the demographic winter results in an intergenerational struggle. The younger people, who have lived their entire lives learning from the media and our culture as a whole that other people are only useful or valuable insofar as they do one or more of a few things: give sexual pleasure, provide entertainment, make money, or produce some kind of product or service.

30+ years of legalized abortion has hardened millions of younger Americans into seeing unborn children as “parasites” who should be eliminated because they are inconvenient and unwanted.  50 years of the mainstreaming of pornography (thanks, Heff!) have educated a wide swath of Americans to look at others as objects for pleasure. And the aggressive cult of scientism has successfully swayed many people to look at unpleasant realities such as aging, pain, and lonliness as intolerable conditions that must be eliminated at all costs. 

So, barring some miracle (and while I do believe in miracles, I also believe in Divine Justice), I predict that the next step in the morbid evolution of the West's enmeshment in the culture of death will entail such horrors as forced euthansia and cloning human beings for body parts. This will begin to take shape as soon as enough people who have no belief in God and no regard for the value of human life begin to realize what “demographic winter” means for them financially.

With that in mind, please consider the chilling points made in this LifeSite article:

Celebrated columnist and pro-family leader Don Feder gave a jaw-dropping presentation on the coming 'Demographic Winter' at the Rose Dinner which closes the official March for Life festivities every year. Speaking to hundreds of attendees, Feder suggested that the demographic problem of worldwide declining birthrates "could result in the greatest crisis humanity will confront in this century" as "all over the world, children are disappearing."
 
"In the Western world, birthrates are falling and populations are aging," said Feder. "The consequences for your children and grandchildren could well be catastrophic."
 
Feder noted, "In 30 years, worldwide, birth rates have fallen by more than 50%. In 1979, the average woman on this planet had 6 children. Today, the average is 2.9 children, and falling."  He explained the situation noting, "demographers tell us that with a birthrate of 1.3, everything else being equal, a nation will lose half of its population every 45 years."
 
Beyond an inability to pay for pensions, it is likely that euthanasia will be one looked-to solution to the aging crisis, he said.

"Demographic Winter is the terminal stage in the suicide of the West - the culmination of a century of evil ideas and poisonous policies,'" he said.  Among them he listed:
 
"Abortion - As I mentioned a moment ago, worldwide, we're killing 42 million people a year. It's as if an invading army killed every man woman and child in Italy - then repeated the process every year.
 
"Contraception - For the first time in history, just under half the world's population of childbearing age uses some form of birth control. Some of us remember when births weren't controlled and pregnancies weren't planned. With all the wailing about man-made Global Warming, carbon footprints and the ozone layer, wouldn't it be ironic if what did us in wasn't the SUV but the IUD? . . . (read article)

 

[steve-b]

“Too many” of anything is by definition a curse. Duh.

[Citizen Blade]

One who accepts such a doctrine and uses artificial contraception says, in effect, "Life is bad. Children are a nuisance. Too many children are a curse."

Your argument falls apart because it is based on the assumption that people who use contraception are typically interested in not having any children. But that's not the case- typically, contraception is used to put off having children until later in life. The aforementioned college girl wants to be able to have sex without getting pregnant at 21, since she is incapable and unwilling to raise a child at that age. She wants to wait until she's older, married, has finished her education and has some financial stability before she has kids. That is the path typically taken by people who want some success in life.

What you consider "wicked" most people consider "responsibility." We have enough kids being born in our society to mothers who are unprepared and incompetent to take care of them.

[steve-b]

I resent no one except those who attempt to misrepresent my views.

projection (pr& JEK sh&n): the tendency to ascribe to another person feelings, thoughts, or attitudes present in oneself

[steve-b]

She wants to wait until she's older, married, has finished her education

I do believe that you've identified the real issue here. At least Antoninus hasn't taken to vitriol-throwing....

[Citizen Blade]

I do believe that you've identified the real issue here.

I'm not sure I follow what you're trying to say.

[Antoninus]

The aforementioned college girl wants to be able to have sex without getting pregnant at 21, since she is incapable and unwilling to raise a child at that age.

What do you call someone who wants it all but is unwilling to accept the natural consequences of their actions? Most young men and women who choose this "rational" lifestyle bring a lot more than a dowry to their wedding. STDs, emotional baggage, lunatic ex-boyfriends, and a pathological misunderstanding of the purpose of sexual intercourse. And then people wonder why there is so much divorce in our culture, that too being a "rational" lifestyle choice when things go bad.

She wants to wait until she's older, married, has finished her education and has some financial stability before she has kids. That is the path typically taken by people who want some success in life.

Engaging in pre-marital sex in no way enhances one's ability to finish an education or achieve financial stability. In fact, it's a major hindrance. Were your argument intellectually honest, you would acknowledge that obvious fact.

A truly responsible, rational person abstains from intercourse until they are ready and able to accept the natural consequences of the act.

[Citizen Blade]

What do you call someone who wants it all but is unwilling to accept the natural consequences of their actions?

I guess we should stop using seat belts when we drive and football players should stop wearing protective pads when playing. After all, who are we to ameliorate the natural consequences of a car accident or impact by a 300 pound lineman?

Most young men and women who choose this "rational" lifestyle bring a lot more than a dowry to their wedding. STDs, emotional baggage, lunatic ex-boyfriends, and a pathological misunderstanding of the purpose of sexual intercourse.

Most? Nonsense. It's just sex- there's no need to be scared of it. Most people can handle their sex lives just fine.

Engaging in pre-marital sex in no way enhances one's ability to finish an education or achieve financial stability.

Perhaps. But avoiding pregnancy does.

In fact, it's a major hindrance.

Really? I guess someone needs to tell that to my educated, married and financial succesful friends that their pre-marital sex doomed them to a life of poverty and ignorance. I'm sure they'll give that "fact" the consideration it is due.

A truly responsible, rational person abstains from intercourse until they are ready and able to accept the natural consequences of the act.

Or, they simply take the necessary steps to prevent pregnancy from occurring. Works just as well.

[steve-b]

I guess we should stop using seat belts when we drive and football players should stop wearing protective pads when playing. After all, who are we to ameliorate the natural consequences of a car accident or impact by a 300 pound lineman?

Antoninus' argument leads to the conclusion that people should not drive or play football, thereby avoiding such undesired natural consequences.

[cowtowney]

“A truly responsible, rational person abstains from intercourse until they are ready and able to accept the natural consequences of the act.”

I agree. Thanks

[steve-b]

A Texan endorsing the argument that people should give up cars and football? Better not let the neighbors know....

[cowtowney]

“A Texan endorsing the argument that people should give up cars and football? Better not let the neighbors know....”

I have no idea what you are talking about.

Seems a lot of others on here don’t either.

[steve-b]

Anyone with a grade-school knowledge of English can follow Msg#147-148.

[dbz77]

Maybe some movie producer ought to produce a film about teenage pregnancy and childbirth that downplays the downsides of teen motherhead.

Maybe Jamie Lynn-spears ought to be a role model for girls entering puberty.