The Idiocracy hypothesis you're basically expressing is false. I only follow US data somewhat closely, so this is a US-centric claim, but I suspect the same is

The Idiocracy hypothesis you're basically expressing is false. I only follow US data somewhat closely, so this is a US-centric claim, but I suspect the same is true elsewhere. Teenagers, the poor, and the less educated are seeing much sharper fertility declines than the wealthier or better educated. Teen births are down 55% since 07. Statistically poorer minority groups are seeing the sharpest fertility declines, more than double the decline that White or Asian groups are seeing. (I can't find income-based data, just racial) Likewise, fertility has fallen for the college-educated (bachelor's degree) by only half as much as for the less educated. Birth rates are getting less like the "Idiocracy hypothesis" than they were before, not more. ---------- I don't agree with many of the political views of this organization, but they do wrap up all the data in a nice article with good graphs here: https://ifstudies.org/blog/baby-bust-fertility-is-declining-the-most-among-minority-women https://ifstudies.org/blog/baby-bust-fertility-is-declining-...