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Birth rates have dropped 20% since 2007. I don't think we ever came back from the '08 crash. It's just been smoke and mirrors.

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[-] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I decided against having children because of the fear of bringing more children into a world that's progressively growing more unstable due to climate change.

[-] peppersky@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

This. It's becoming more and more impossible to live a decent life even within the imperial core and nothing points to that changing anytime ever, so having children seems like a pretty damn selfish and/or idiotic idea.

It's a shame too, because I like children and really think there should be more inter-generational contact between people in different stages of their lives.

Also even if society wasn't falling off a fucking cliff within the next fifty years, I wouldn't really want to have children in a fortnite/YouTube kids/tiktok world either. Just fully blasting developing brains with skinner boxes and max engagement at all times isn't fucking cool or good. Just let them watch sesame Street.

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