Birth rates have dropped 20% since 2007. I don't think we ever came back from the '08 crash. It's just been smoke and mirrors.
Birth rates have dropped 20% since 2007. I don't think we ever came back from the '08 crash. It's just been smoke and mirrors.
I decided against having children because of the fear of bringing more children into a world that's progressively growing more unstable due to climate change.
This. It's becoming more and more impossible to live a decent life even within the imperial core and nothing points to that changing anytime ever, so having children seems like a pretty damn selfish and/or idiotic idea.
It's a shame too, because I like children and really think there should be more inter-generational contact between people in different stages of their lives.
Also even if society wasn't falling off a fucking cliff within the next fifty years, I wouldn't really want to have children in a fortnite/YouTube kids/tiktok world either. Just fully blasting developing brains with skinner boxes and max engagement at all times isn't fucking cool or good. Just let them watch sesame Street.