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The problem will eventually solve itself, because people who don't have children won't pass their values down, while people with (sub)cultures that prioritise c
by logicchains 2y ago
The problem will eventually solve itself, because people who don't have children won't pass their values down, while people with (sub)cultures that prioritise childbearing will. So eventually the subcultures that place a strong emphasis on having children will outbreed and replace those that don't. We already see the start of this in the US and Israel, where the ultra-religious are becoming a larger and larger fraction of the local-born population.
- gtirloni 2y agoWhat's "sub" about those other cultures?
- abenga 2y agoI think they meant "subsets of cultures", not "lower cultures".
- rich_sasha 2y agoI don't know why this is down voted. It's spot on. Societies are ruthlessly darwinian. If liberal, open minded people stop having children then whoever does have more children will prevail. You might not care but in terms of the mechanics, this is just the natural consequence.
- nprateem 2y agoMy parents were pretty pro-kids, but I'm not. It's a flawed argument.
- rich_sasha 2y agoIt's not perfect, but surely globally there must be 90%+ correlation between the views held by parents and children. It won't look that way when you look within a smaller unit, but on a global scale, it must be significant.