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It sure can. Having children who love you and will take care of you was how it worked for millennia.
by 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 agoYou misunderstood me. I was writing about demographics.
- jtbayly 4y agoBut 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.