The reappropriation of international demography in ideological narratives
The recent weeks have been marked by the recurrence of demographic issues. Notably, a series of bills approved by the Hungarian Parliament at the beginning of the month aimed at thwarting the ageing process of the country’s population. Alongside this vote, the French Minister of Solidarity and Health, Agnès Buzyn, put forward a draft bill to cope with similar demographic picture (1). Coupled with that, a famous American researcher from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Daron Acemoglu, published in March his latest work entitled “Demographics and Automation”. Eventually, the Christchurch shootings rocked the boat after the perpetrator of the attack, Brenton Tarrant, published a 73-page manifesto on the internet nine minutes before the shootings, named after a theory based on demographics, called the “Great Replacement”. Continuer de lire « The reappropriation of international demography in ideological narratives »
