• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    The parts of the world with the most population growth are generally also the poorest. Richer countries have fewer children, and within those countries richer people have fewer children.

    I’m not saying that your concerns about your quality of life are invalid or that they aren’t the reason you personally don’t want children, but they don’t explain this general phenomenon.

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      Kids are a retirement strategy in poorer countries, they are the opposite in richer ones.

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            China? Country with oneof the lowest birth rates for a developed economy?

            India? With barely replacement rate

            Today, the average Indian woman is expected to have 2.0 children in her lifetime, a fertility rate that is higher than China’s (1.2) or the United States’ (1.6),

            Syria that has been a global battle ground without functioning healthcare system?

            I doubt any body deciding much about anything about family planning and they sure as fuck ain’t worried about retirement.

            Are you reposting some idea I heard in 2005 in 2024?

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              Why the fuck would China or India need to meet replacement rates? They’re the most overpopulated places on Earth. This is called progress.