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Having kids is a far more selfish act than not. Our species and our planet would be way, way better off if about 9/10 of us elected not to reproduce for a few g

• vixen99 10y ago
  You are presumably delighted to know that Europe is in fact dying off with only France having a fertility rate of 2.0 (2014) which is not enough to sustain the population. One wonders who's going to be paying those taxes to fund the pensions of the elderly and the other massive liabilities of the European welfare states. At < 2 replacement rate, the populations of Portugal, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria just won't be around in a few generations. The cultural identity of Europe will disappear on present trends.
  • hyperbovine 10y ago
    Relying on fertility to prop up the welfare state was never a sustainable model to begin with. The adjustment will not be pleasant whoever is left in 200 or so years will be a lot better off because of it. To say nothing of all the non-human species with whom we share the world.
  • user5994461 10y ago
    > One wonders who's going to be paying those taxes to fund the pensions of the elderly and the other massive liabilities of the European welfare states. Can't pay for it. It's all gonna collapse =)
• pier25 10y ago
  Couldn't agree more. That's one of the reasons we decided to not have kids. There are too many humans consuming too many resources in an unsustainable lifestyle.