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“Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness,” it’s said.

On the other hand, turning out the lights completely could be just what’s needed to counter the anti-baby mentality responsible for Europe’s looming demographic crisis.

Check out what happened in these depopulating Dutch villages, nine months after they were hit by a power outage.

— Tom McFeely

Filed under depopulation, europe

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