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I guess what you're referring to is the long-term benefit of having children, as in: the benefit of having adult children to support you when you're old. Yes, t
by oktoberpaard 3y ago
I guess what you're referring to is the long-term benefit of having children, as in: the benefit of having adult children to support you when you're old. Yes, that has been socialized to an extent, which does indeed come with a risk. Maybe I'm too European, but I don't see how a system devoid of public safety nets is superior, though. Everybody benefits from a society that where most people are relative well-off and worry-free, including those that don't need it, and over time it surely needs to adjust to new realities, which is unavoidable.
- beaeglebeached 3y agoI think it's achievable with a nation state net but more challenging. Given kids at least up to replacement rates are usually net positive, society will have to economically reflect them as a profit center rather than hogging most of the gains and artificially shunting them as cost center to producers of children. Although if it were me, well, I'd just leave the kids the hell alone and let them decide who they want to help.