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A huge problem… for capitalism. I think the refusal to marry and have kids (regardless of it being necessary or by choice) is basically the ultimate worker’s s
by cyber_kinetist 3y ago
A huge problem… for capitalism.
I think the refusal to marry and have kids (regardless of it being necessary or by choice) is basically the ultimate worker’s strike. So far capitalists have relied upon the fact that there will always be workers to exploit, since they consider any care work necessary to raise families (for the next batch of exploited workers) as simply just given. Now that this is going away (people can actually choose to not bear the burden of reproduction!) first in Japan and South Korea but also in China and the rest of the developed world, the ultimate factor that has propelled economic growth so far is withering away…
- bequanna 3y ago[flagged]
- nojvek 3y agoThere’s difference between working and being able to afford to buy your own house so you could raise a family, And rent being so expensive even with dual income that having kids does not make financial sense. Everyone, especially women should have full control of when/if they want to have kids. Yes, population is collapsing. 50 years ago population was exploding, and we somehow figured out that problem. We’ll figure out the collapse problem as well.
- boomchinolo78 3y agoThis is analyzed in that classic economics text The Wealth of Nations, neither capitalists nor urban workers win this one.