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Women everywhere agree with you. Capitalism relies on women to create, raise and see to the education of new consumers and workers with little to no help. They
by qndreoi 7y ago
Women everywhere agree with you. Capitalism relies on women to create, raise and see to the education of new consumers and workers with little to no help. They are opting out. People everywhere see that the childless have a higher standard of living than parents. In many places there are more people 65+ than those under 18, and that will soon enough be common in most places. The example cited in the article is just a particularly outrageous sample of a much larger problem.
What is the answer? I don't know. As I recently read "Most people can more easily imagine the end of the world than a change in capitalism."
- pembrook 7y agoThe issue is simply, how do we incentivize people to have more kids? Some countries have figured out...you can use this thing called "government" to create the incentives to solve the problem. Mandatory leave for both new mothers and fathers, massive tax benefits, subsidized childcare, etc. Countries who have done this, while still being market-based economies (capitalist), have been successful in increasing their birth rate to sustainable levels! Maybe we should try it?
- mensetmanusman 7y agoAre you sure there are countries that have figured it out? All I have read is that no country has successfully yet incentivized birth rates above 2.1 after dropping below.