• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    People of course do want children

    Do they? I mean, even if first-world people aren’t as well-off as they could theoretically be, they’re still much better off than people in poor counties (or their own ancestors a hundred years ago). But those people in poor countries and those ancestors have/had a lot more children. Meanwhile people in Sweden have fewer children than people in the USA.

    I think that many people in first-world countries do not in fact want children.

    (And within a country, poor people have more children than rich people, so actually making more people poor would increase fertility.)

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      I am not sure if it’s really “I don’t want children” or more “I want a career (too)”. In Sweden 76 % of women are employed versus 57 % of women in USA. There are also more women with higher education in Sweden than in the USA.

      You have to decide whether you want a career or a child. And when a good career is a viable and achievable option, you decide to have a career instead.

      I wanted children, but I wanted to be independent and not poor when I am older, more. I know so many women who are poor and lonely because they did not focus on their jobs. While I am often sad to not have children, I’d never give up my independence and safety cushion just for that biological urge. I know of many women who think the same way.

    • R0cket_M00se@lemmy.world
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      Sure, and people in the south are popping them out like crazy even though they definitely can’t fucking afford them and need constant welfare support (that they’ll turn around and rail against politically) so it’s clear that things like education are also involved.

      If people understood the scarcity of resources and their own earning potential they’d be fucking TERRIFIED of having children. Since they’re all dumbass hicks, they just fuck and don’t think about it. I’m sure Uncle Sam will show up with a other WIC check to help their poor decisions.

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        Not to mention most are psuedochristian so they won’t even think about an abortion (not that it’s legal in the south anymore…)