I agree with the sentiment here, but doesn’t birthrate decline correlate with increased income? National birthrates always fall as a country’s per capita income rises.
Yes, but actually no. AFAIK, it decreases when infant & childhood mortality decrease or when Quality Of Life (QOL) decreases.
Post-Soviet Europe that was given shock therapy by neocolonialists had decreased QOL and decreased birthrates, and increased deaths of despair. Now that neoliberalism has reached more advanced stages back here in the imperial core, our QOL and birthrates are also decreasing, and our deaths of despair are rising. ‘Deaths Of Despair’ Examines The Steady Erosion Of U.S. Working-Class Life
Well, they say that, but if you poll Americans of birthing age, most say they want more kids but can’t afford it. Also, on paper I make more than my dad did, even including inflation, but I couldn’t get within a MILE of providing two kids with the lifestyle he did on what I make, so… IS income really increasing in these places?
Tragedy of the commons, but the humans are the cattle.
For each employer, it’s most profitable to work your slaves to the bone, even if it’s better for every employer to collectively treat their employees well
