Between all of them? I mean it supposedly takes a village to raise a child but I donβt think it takes several nations.
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Don't be ridiculous--it's obviously 1 child each. But what's not clear from the article is how those who already have more than 1 decide which to get rid of before they turn 35.
No no no, they'll clearly each have 35 children - arranged in a rectangle of one child by 35.
Says it in the last paragraph, financial pressures & not having your own home.
yeah, we need to stop basing our economies on population growth at the same time
Let's try giving them a coupon for $20 off their next $150 day of pre-K
Good. We need to reduce human population at least 60%.
The global birth rate is already at or even below the replacement rate. The only reason we're not seeing population shrinkage right now is due to inertia. It takes decades for changes in the birth rate to reflect in the actual population figures, but it will happen. It won't however happen in time to prevent environmental catastrophe, which is what most people think of when they cheer dropping birth rates. It will just be the social catastrophe of the next century.
We canβt hog all the catastrophes. Let them have theirs, too
The problem is that you need young people to pay for social security and retirement funds, work jobs, live and work in small cities and villages. Without them the services in smaller places will decline, eventually resulting in them to become ghost towns. Once the retirement funds are depleted the older generation will slide into poverty and won't be able to pay for any goods and services, meaning business has to fire staff, causing more poverty.
It's not a generation conflict, it's a class conflict.
Aren't we producing enough food and goods for all people? It's a distribution problem. The generation contract failed due to declining birthrates since the boomer era. Everyone knew the day will be coming. But still we clinge on the current economy design and feed the leeches (ultra rich people obviously).
The generation now 30-40 is much poorer as the boomers were at that age. How could that be? They're less than the boomers, workers are desperately needed and the generation is working hard. But they're getting paid pennies in comparison.
Don't worry, if we go on like we're doing, 60% will die off eventually.