▲ 22 ▼ Why So Few Babies? We Might Have Overlooked the Biggest Reason of All. (www.nytimes.com) submitted 6 months ago by eleitl@lemmy.zip to c/collapse@lemmy.zip 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cornshark@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago (3 children) And what is that biggest reason? Why the clickbait op? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] IronBird@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago* tldr, capitilist oligarchs (helped along by dumbshit neolibs) have turned everything into speculation and rent-seeking. people can't afford to have kids permalink fedilink source parent [–] eleitl@lemmy.zip [S] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Anna Louie Sussman seems to like clickbait, and I don't editorialize. According to her, the biggest reason is uncertainty. Here, the reason would be rather certainty of collapse we're experiencing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Psychedelic_Rebel@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 months ago Yes, it seems obvious that the populace - apart from the Musks and Trumps of the world - see little possibility for a better life for their hypothetical children than they had, having experienced the ongoing crises of the 21st century, and therefore make the choice to not bring them into the world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago* tldr, capitilist oligarchs (helped along by dumbshit neolibs) have turned everything into speculation and rent-seeking. people can't afford to have kids permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip [S] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Anna Louie Sussman seems to like clickbait, and I don't editorialize. According to her, the biggest reason is uncertainty. Here, the reason would be rather certainty of collapse we're experiencing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Psychedelic_Rebel@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 months ago Yes, it seems obvious that the populace - apart from the Musks and Trumps of the world - see little possibility for a better life for their hypothetical children than they had, having experienced the ongoing crises of the 21st century, and therefore make the choice to not bring them into the world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Psychedelic_Rebel@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 months ago Yes, it seems obvious that the populace - apart from the Musks and Trumps of the world - see little possibility for a better life for their hypothetical children than they had, having experienced the ongoing crises of the 21st century, and therefore make the choice to not bring them into the world. permalink fedilink source parent