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Why So Few Babies? We Might Have Overlooked the Biggest Reason of All. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] [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.

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  • [–] 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.

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