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Once we ditch our centrally controlled economies perhaps life can be affordable enough to not prevent willing parents from having children.
by slopinthebag 6mo ago
Once we ditch our centrally controlled economies perhaps life can be affordable enough to not prevent willing parents from having children.
- jdw64 6mo agoI think Brooks would call that an optimistic schedule estimate.
- Nifty3929 6mo agoOddly from your comment I can't quite tell which end of the political spectrum you're on. I think I agree with you, but I'm not sure until I know which team you're on.
- slopinthebag 6mo agoI bet depending on the questions you ask me I could be on either side :)
- philwelch 6mo agoLife has never been more affordable than it is now. Virtually all of your ancestors were impoverished to a degree you can't even imagine.
- slopinthebag 6mo agoLife was becoming increasingly more affordable, but that stopped being the case years ago. It is now declining. I would like it to either stay the same as it was years ago or start increasing again.
- philwelch 6mo agoSure but it’s still more affordable than it was for the vast majority of our ancestors, and they still had kids, so it’s not an explanation for declining TFR in developed countries.