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It's funny how people mention Finland every single time and then you go look at their TFR and it is still below 2 for the last 50 years and has crashed from 1.8
by mamonster 4y ago
It's funny how people mention Finland every single time and then you go look at their TFR and it is still below 2 for the last 50 years and has crashed from 1.8 to 1.4 within the last 15 years.
And that's ignoring the fact that Finland has a population of 5.5 million and that there is no evidence that their "solutions" scale to bigger countries.
- whstl 4y agoI don't think anyone ever said that Finland's idea of education alone is the solution to population decrease. What it does help with is the the "incredible financial burden of a child" as mentioned by the GP. That's what my answer is all about. EDIT: Deleted my second point as I don't care. I don't see this discussion going anywhere interesting.
- mamonster 4y agoFinland doesn't only have education, it also has the childcare system and the public transportation. Remote first work and 4 days are not there yet, but Finland is also one of the first countries that started the 4 day work trials. Finland is AFAIK one of the furthest along in reducing the financial burdens of having children, which doesn't really seem to help. As to why it wouldn't work in federated countries, simply put: federation does not solve bureaucracy, and bureaucracy is the biggest enemy of scaling public solutions.
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