>That it's somewhat less child rearing isn't exactly a big comfort in these new circumstances. Absolutely agree. My my main goal was to highlight the proportio

>That it's somewhat less child rearing isn't exactly a big comfort in these new circumstances. Absolutely agree. My my main goal was to highlight the proportion of rearing duties may not be causal, or at least a root cause. Im not sure that equal division of labor would even help with two working parents. >The full grind of capitalism in a global economy has chewed up humanity & left us deeply powerless & exploited. Im not sure that I lay this all on capitalism, but think that at a minimum, the two are tied. Parallel desires for risk mitigation and consumption feed directly into trained helplessness. Housing and healthcare are prime examples of this. I dont think that raising a family is intrinsically any riskier or harder, it is just harder to do in parallel with fulfilling other desires. People want family + X, and the expectations and cost for X grow ever higher. It is obviously easier to have a family with a 500sqft trailer in the country than a 2000sqft house in the city.