[petersellers]

Not necessarily if you take immigration into account.

[greenavocado]

A society replaced by immigrants is no longer that same society. My original point still stands.

[eru]

In the case of Singapore it would be just the opposite:

Singapore was and is build on the back of immigrants. Replacing ourselves with kids instead of immigrants would be the big change.

[thunderfork]

Whereas a society replaced by children...

[greenavocado]

Whereas a society replaced by its own children maintains continuity of community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests

[eru]

What about those societies that have traditionally replaced themselves via immigrants? Moving to a replacement via kids would be the change for them.

[thunderfork]

Plenty changes between generations. Still not the same society.