Posted on 11/03/2023 9:36:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I have no children.
I celebrate that fact every day.
It’s no longer accurate to call the USA a “rich country.” The value of our money has eroded, the pres is giving away hundreds of billions, he has let millions into the country, and now we are poor.
And that’s why we are not having kids.
And that’s why the “poor and oppressed” are streaming into the country - to live off our money and to pop out a few million more babies that we will be supporting.
Don’t call us rich.
I think for humans, the “Universe 25” analogy more closely fits with regard to the resource factor. Also, even in Universe 25, the rats had more than enough space to spread out if they had wanted to. They didn’t. They never even got close to the theoretical capacity of the environment they were in.
The relevant metric is to compare the US today with the US of one hundred years ago....
In those days (especially during the Depression) millions were actually starving—as in no food and no government aid and broke churches.
Millions lived in shanty towns and shacks that would be condemned and torn down today.
Millions did not have any electricity at all—much less the many modern conveniences that went with them.
etc etc etc....
We celebrate too. 😂
Europe and Canada will become Islamic.
“It’s no longer accurate to call the USA a “rich country.” “
True. We would need to find a suitcase with 34 trillion in it before we could even claim to be flat broke.
I am convinced that agricultural societies create great incentives to have lots of kids while industrial and post-industrial societies have negative incentives for having kids.
Humans react to incentives—no matter what they claim or say...
And France and Hungary have failed to reverse population decline despite pro-Natalist policies.
RE: Don’t call us rich.
So, why are we still shouldering nearly 1/4 of the United Nation’s Budget and most of the defense budget of NATO?
You see it everywhere. My hometown in rural upstate NY had a population 7,000 in 1980, and my senior class that year had 188 graduates.
The town’s population today is still at 7,000, but recent high school graduations have featured only 90-100 students.
Poland tried too.
Good luck now, since the pro-abortionists just won there.
...or worse than poor. Poor people have no money. We have $42T in debt.
Such debt makes it impossible to raise children.
RE: And France and Hungary have failed to reverse population decline despite pro-Natalist policies.
Heck, China is trying to reverse its population decline through its over 35 years of disastrous one-child policy by now ENCOURAGING a 3-child policy. It’s STILL not working !
And it has been estimated that China now has 30 million MORE women than men. Where are these 30 million horny young men going to find brides?
Having kids throws you and your spouse into desperate financial situation over night. 2 working adults can take care of themselves quit comfortably. If they work their asses off with little free time. Modern society is anti family unless you are really rich or really poor.
No really.
I wish I could argue with that assessment, but I can’t. Demography is destiny. If you want to predict the future, answer this ancient question:
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Feminism. Divorce laws. The utterly destroyed dating field. To name a few.
After dating as a young man I learned I do not want a wife or to have kids. The only people who seem bothered by it are busy bodies. I don’t regret either decision.
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