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Almost 1 in 4 millennials and Gen Z-ers say they won't have kids due to finances (www.cbsnews.com)
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[–] muculent@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago (2 children)

When we grew up wondering how we would address overpopulation, impoverishment wasn't something we had in mind.

[–] berno@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it's by design

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 months ago

Seems like a side effect of unchecked greed instead. If it were properly designed people would be able to afford enough bread and circuses to stay complacent

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If it gets bad enough, birth rates will go up. Developed countries typically have lower birth rates than undeveloped countries.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Developed countries typically have lower birth rates than undeveloped countries.

That is more to do with education and women's liberation (including contraception), than finances. Which I suspect is still the predominant reason that birth rates are dropping, with finances just a secondary reason.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

but is that related to infrastructure or wages?

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

They lack a social safety net for retirees, so children take care of them in their old age. Children are also a source of wage labor. We're already softening up on child labor here in the USA to address the labor "shortage".