South Korea is richer and more successful than most countries on earth. If "economic desperation" was an actual, as opposed to a stated, reason for South Korean

South Korea is richer and more successful than most countries on earth. If "economic desperation" was an actual, as opposed to a stated, reason for South Koreans to have fewer babies, the vast majority of humanity would have fewer children still, since their "economic desperation" is objectively much worse.