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> A society that encourages folks to marry, and to bear children, is a well-functioning society with a bright future That works in the long term only if you re
by The_Colonel 2y ago
> A society that encourages folks to marry, and to bear children, is a well-functioning society with a bright future
That works in the long term only if you regularly have massive wars, famines and plagues, since Earth can't sustain exponential growth forever. As far as I'm concerned, this fertility crisis is a last-minute bail-out. Having an aging (and slowly decreasing) population is preferable to an overpopulation and ots consequences.
- lotsofpulp 2y agoBearing children does not mean bearing greater than replacement rate children. Very, very few women will choose to have more than 2 or 3 kids.
- The_Colonel 2y agoThe comment I replied to explicitly mentions "and obviously, population growth" and making many babies is rather typical for the kinds of societies the poster apparently prefers. > Very, very few women will choose to have more than 2 or 3 kids. Exactly. The drop in fertility rates is strongly correlated with women emancipation - it's kinda telling how the poster rails against the divorce in several places. They won't say that explicitly, but their way to higher fertility rates is through reducing women's say in the matter. Both directly (outlawing abortion) and indirectly (pushing women into a financially dependent role again). I think the societies are now undergoing a dramatic shift which results in very low fertility rates. But I believe things will stabilize in several decades / few centuries and the fertility rate will return to ~replacement rate. And as mentioned before, this (IMHO temporary) drop is very much needed at the moment.
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