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> Limited resources, limited hope. Then why is the fertility higher in places with fewer resources? Is hope higher there? births/woman Niger 6.64
by delichon 1y ago
> Limited resources, limited hope.
Then why is the fertility higher in places with fewer resources? Is hope higher there?
births/woman
Niger 6.64
Angola 5.70
Congo 5.49
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USA 1.60
- SlightlyLeftPad 1y agoMore hope?
- jjk166 1y agoHow much does it cost to raise a kid in Niger?
- thelastgallon 1y ago"As long as you have women under conditions where they don't feel any sense of value, no self-worth, except as mothers, except as baby factories, they'll have a lot of children because that's the only way they can prove they're worth something." Isaac Asimov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zMxNdcwafA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zMxNdcwafA
- 1123581321 1y agoWestern nations have acted abhorrently by the assumption that Africans have valueless lives and need saviors. No thanks. We would do better to understand and be influenced by them in this area.