aand that's why The US is declaring war on every other country in the world. "Better to make them like us"

So the least efficient bidet?

Get your body in a routine of popping before you shower and you never have to wipe again. Assuming you clean out your butt in the shower, of course.

Showering with more butts?

Are ya winning, son?

My siblings' kids are all angry at the hubris their parents had to birth them. I love them and get it, but it's a hell of a lot more complicated than that and nihilism is so 2005. I think. I was pretty dissociated that year but I had a professor who talked about it a lot according to dissociated me's notes.

We did start the fire, about 400k years ago, some Homo created magic; a prodigy, a firestarter.

And then some downvote those trying to fight it. Boggles the mind.

Adopt as many kids as possible. Turn them into ninjas.

And the Eurotrash is saying we ain't doing anything.

I think that credits them with having a coherent plan besides "MOREEEE! MOOOOOOORE!!!!!"

They want people to have more kids... but only white kids... but not only white kids, because they need to maintain the school-to-prison pipeline... but they don't want anyone to have enough money to want to have kids, except them... but it's okay, the humanoid robots will be slaves instead... but the humanoid robots don't actually work and are just piloted by people from India, one of the few industrialized countries which doesn't have an aging population... but clearly there's nothing we could learn from them, so maybe if we offered broke Americans $2,000 to have a baby... what do you mean $2,000 isn't enough to raise a baby, how many pencils could they really need... what do you mean baby formula plants are closing because babies aren't profitable enough because no one is having babies because we're taking all the money... clearly the solution is to ban abortion... but wait, I don't actually want that to apply to us rich assholes... so state-by-state abortion bans... but wait not enough states are voting to ban abortion...

clearly the solution is to bomb Iran

Wanted to do the rough math for Zürich out of curiosity. According to this website, the cost of living in Zürich for a family of four is about CHF 8500 and the median gross monthly wage in the region is CHF 7502 (for full-time employment?) according to the bfs, so it's pretty comfortable with two working parents. Even for the 10th percentile (CHF 4761 / month) it's probably doable, but you need to factor in that families with young children need to pay for daycare as well. But there are benefits and aids as well, so I'm not exactly sure how liveable that situation really is. Also, taxes might be harsh or not very, i don't know either. All I know is that sustaining a family of four with both parents earning a wage at the 10th percentile in Zürich is at least very stressful.

Also, I'm kinda sceptical about that cost of living calculation. That would equal around $130'000 a year which is lower than I would have guessed when compared to the $140'000 estimate for the USA, since cost of living in Switzerland and especially in Zürich are generally notoriously high.

TLDR: Most people in Switzerland are relatively well-off.

Or not be from the us, like most people on earth.

Don't you know USA is one of the 4 country in the world? The other 3 is China, Russia, and Europe.

Yeah, the US! That's the big ball in the picture!

I dunno. Housing is pretty bad in Denmark, and things are generally becoming less affordable.

Sort of crazy to look at the birth rates in, like, the DRC or Afghanistan and conclude they must have done everything right.

America can have birth rates on par with Pakistan and Somalia if they just obliterate access to birth control and end all public education. Concentrate large numbers of American teenagers into ghettos and refuge camps where there's nothing better to do than fuck. Guaranteed you'll get another baby boom inside ten months.

It's not idiots multiplying. The majority of the voting public in developed countries is left-leaning. The right just know how to gerrymander the system better, and to make their media pundits more vocal

It really doesn't and I'm really tired of that argument.

Yeah it's not just lemmy but it's certainly prevalent here. I think the allure is that it can feel 'sophisticated' and 'aware' to be cynical, but it is annoying.

Especially the anti-natalists OMFG. 'Having children is like totally selfish and inmoral' oh jeez shut your trap. Like I get the anti-hyper-natalists because having like 5 children is also completely nutso these days, but. Well anyway.

Tl;Dr: totally, dude

Nah, the line of thinking is unnecessary under capitalism. Capitalism will ensure the greediest piece of shit wins. Modern healthcare means idiots survive. It's a known near constant that intelligent people have fewer kids.

It's all but guaranteed when the norm is to not pay attention to quality. and if the constant push for shitty low quality "AI" slop in everything as of recent is any indication... yeaaaa we're fucked.

Why is everyone so fond of this movie that is based on eugenics undertones?

I wouldn't mind having 50 kids, I'm just too broke to even afford to date :D