I agree with your points. Where does that leave the Western societies, though? Maybe a change in the course should be contemplated? There are several particular

I agree with your points. Where does that leave the Western societies, though? Maybe a change in the course should be contemplated? There are several particularly insidious factors at play here as well. Unlike after the war, single-income family is downright crazy in 2024 for most people, so both parents have to work. Childcare is shitty and completely unaffordable. It's also multiplicative by the number of kids. 3 kids? That'll be $4500 a month just for childcare where I live, thank you very much. Few "normal" people outside this site can afford such an outlay. With a family, one of the parents can at least stay home and rear the kids, with another maybe also having a part-time job. After divorce? Forget about it. And finally, this bomb is also wired with a hard biological clock - women tend to lose their fertility in their 40s. Instead we just plug our ears and pretend these are not problems that have a long term bearing on society, somehow. Not a very adult position to take, IMO.