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Not necessarily. It's possible that no amount of money would solve this problem. Birth control inherently broke the previously built evolutionary mechanism that
by hn_throwaway_99 5mo ago
Not necessarily. It's possible that no amount of money would solve this problem. Birth control inherently broke the previously built evolutionary mechanism that insured that the extremely strong built in desire for sex would result in kids. That's no longer the case, and a lot of people would decide to not have kids even if money were no object.
As you point out, Finland famously has incredible family support, and also a birth rate under 1.3.
- condis 5mo ago[dead]
- cindyllm 5mo ago[dead]
- lokar 5mo agoOne possibility is that wealthy people with few (often just 1) child, a stable home life, fewer financial pressures, etc spend a lot more time on the child. And this keeps them out of trouble more often. Also, a lot of the education around avoiding pregnancy is about the financial future of the child (eg getting present in high school will ruin your life). For that to have an impact, the child has to think they have some kind of future.
- _DeadFred_ 5mo ago'having a child removes your future opportunity so don't have a child until you are ready' resonates more with people with future opportunity.
- condis 5mo ago[dead]