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Conspiracies don't actually exist, powerful men don't meet privately to plan crimes against the public, so this is purely fiction

I have a wildly fictional fantasy that China, known for planning 100 years in advance, while the western world is juicing their quarterly numbers, instituted the 1 child policy in 1980 intentionally to create an army of fighting age men with nothing to lose.

Tied into this fantasy is our orange Jesus putting heavy tariffs on imported steel in an attempt to return production to our shores in case of war.

Crazy talk from the basement

https://www.britannica.com/story/the-effects-of-chinas-one-child-policy

The Effects of China’s One-Child Policy

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The one-child policy was a program that was implemented nationwide by the Chinese government in 1980 in order to limit most Chinese families to one child each. The policy was enacted to address the growth rate of China’s population, which the government viewed as being too high. In late 2015 the government announced that the one-child limit per family would end in 2016. Here are some of the major consequences of the policy.
  • The fertility rate decreased after 1980.
  • The birth rate decreased after 1980.
  • The overall rate of natural increase (the difference between the birth rate and the death rate) declined.
  • The Chinese government estimated that some 400 million births were prevented by the policy, although some analysts dispute this finding.
  • As sons were generally preferred over daughters, the overall sex ratio in China became skewed toward males. In 2016 there were 33.59 million more men than women.
  • Because of the preference for sons, there was a rise in the number of abortions of female fetuses.
  • The number of female babies killed, abandoned, or placed in orphanages increased as a result of the policy.
  • Incentives were offered to families complying with the policy, including financial perks and greater employment options.
  • Millions of Chinese parents had to endure strict enforcement methods of the policy, including forced sterilization and forced abortions.
  • In families that already had one child, the births of additional children—in violation of the one-child policy—were often undocumented, leading to many problems later on for those children as they struggled to receive an education or find work.
  • Even after the one-child policy was rescinded, China’s birth and fertility rates remained low, leaving the country with a population that was aging too rapidly as well as a shrinking workforce.
https://www.infoplease.com/us/military/casualties-world-war-ii
Casualties in World War II

This page provides information about the number of troops in World War II, including how many were wounded or killed in battle. The data is divided by each nation that participated in the war.
Australia1,000,00026,976180,864
Austria800,000280,000350,117
Belgium625,0008,46055,513[SUP]1[/SUP]
Brazil[SUP]2[/SUP]40,3349434,222
Bulgaria339,7606,67121,878
Canada1,086,343[SUP]7[/SUP]42,042[SUP]7[/SUP]53,145
China[SUP]3[/SUP]17,250,5211,324,5161,762,006
Czechoslovakia6,683[SUP]4[/SUP]8,017
Denmark4,339
Finland500,00079,04750,000
France201,568400,000
Germany20,000,0003,250,000[SUP]4[/SUP]7,250,000
Greece17,02447,290
Hungary147,43589,313
India2,393,89132,12164,354
Italy3,100,000149,496[SUP]4[/SUP]66,716
Japan9,700,0001,270,000140,000
Netherlands280,0006,5002,860
New Zealand194,00011,625[SUP]4[/SUP]17,000
Norway75,0002,000
Poland664,000530,000
Romania650,000[SUP]5[/SUP]350,000[SUP]6[/SUP]
South Africa410,0562,473
U.S.S.R.6,115,000[SUP]4[/SUP]14,012,000
United Kingdom5,896,000357,116[SUP]4[/SUP]369,267
United States16,112,566291,557670,846
Yugoslavia3,741,000305,000425,000
1. Civilians only.
2. Army and navy figures.
3. Figures cover period July 7, 1937–Sept. 2, 1945, and concern only Chinese regular troops. They do not include casualties suffered by guerrillas and local military corps.
4. Deaths from all causes.
5. Against Soviet Russia; 385,847 against Nazi Germany.
6. Against Soviet Russia; 169,822 against Nazi Germany.
7. National Defense Ctr., Canadian Forces Hq., Director of History.
NOTE: The figures in this table are unofficial estimates obtained from various sources.
Casualties in World War I American Wars Post-Vietnam Combat Casualties<sup class="fnr">1</sup>
 
This didn't copy/ paste great, but, back of the napkin math, using 18-44 as 36% of pop in 2010, 330m total 2020, and close to 50/50 male female for the age range, I'm getting 110 mil 18-44 year olds, 55 million of which are men, and basically a female for every male.
By best numbers, we have ZERO surplus of fighting age men, our total number of men is like 35% higher than China's surplus of men, and these US numbers are up to 44 years old, China's one child policy would make the affected men capped at 39, currently.

They ended the policy in 2015 or 2016.
To crawl down the rabbit hole, if this was an intentional move, their advantage will expire as their fighting age men age out. So, within 10ish years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States
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0–1431,255,99529,919,93861,175,93318.73%51.09%48.91%1.04
15–2422,213,95221,137,82643,351,77813.27%51.24%48.76%1.05
25–5464,528,67364,334,499128,863,17239.45%50.08%49.92%1.00
55–6420,357,88021,821,97642,179,85612.91%48.26%51.74%0.93
65+22,678,23528,376,81751,055,05215.63%44.42%55.58%0.80
all161,034,735165,591,056326,625,791100.00%49.30%50.70%0.97
The median age of the total population is 38.2 years; the male median age is 36.9 years; the female median age is 39.5 years.
 
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