コモンエイジ：ユーチューブ見る「召使」　斎藤幸平さんが語る超格差社会の現実 | 毎日新聞
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日本の人口は2070年に8700万人に減少すると推計され、「地方創生」という言葉が空疎に響くほど東京一極集中が進んでいる。「人新世の『資本論』」で知られる東京大准教授の斎藤幸平さん（36）はこの状況をどう捉えているのだろう。研究室を訪ねると、気鋭の学者は「超格差社会」の現実を見据えていた。【聞き手

-Saito Kohei is a renowned Marxist scholar from the University of Tokyo

-As a result of ignoring climate change and economic disparity, people are not reproducing anymore

-Japanese social contract has been broken down and lifetime employment has been reduced to irregular employment

-Workers are being seen as nothing more than costs by companies

-Overconcentration of population in Tokyo is happening not due to the wish of the poeple, but due to the concentration of capital there

-Population decline is happening not only in rural areas but in regional cities as well due to this phenomena

-Japan and South Korea are in a grave situation due to advanced capitalism (in their respective countries)

    • QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml
      111·
      8 months ago

      Socialism or Extinction has a good section on it (unfortunately it lacks a table of contents, but its all good).

    • Trudge [Comrade]@lemmygrad.mlOP
      9·
      8 months ago

      I don’t subscribe to Mainichi so I don’t have full access either. It seems to be an exclusive interview too which is a shame.

  • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.ml
    10·
    8 months ago

    There are many reasons for the lowering birthrates. Some are definitely caused by advanced capitalism, others are caused by societal progress.

    The things that come to mind that contribute negatively to birthrates are radical individualism, rising costs of living, easier access to birth control, the emancipation of women.