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I am sure that some do. However even if they have many children it doesn't help them if everybody else doesn't.

• jtbayly 4y ago
  It sure can. Having children who love you and will take care of you was how it worked for millennia.
  • _nalply 4y ago
    You misunderstood me. I was writing about demographics.
    • jtbayly 4y ago
      But the question is whether there is a benefit to having children once you get old, even if nobody else does (ie including getting old yourself in “the calculation”). Demographically you’re in a world of trouble still, but then having children is actually far more important if society and its safety nets are collapsing.