• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    We don’t need a higher birth rate … we need a better quality of life for everyone.

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      3 months ago

      It’s almost like if people had free time, a positive outlook on life, and resources to live comfortably that babies would be a natural outcome.

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      3 months ago

      Yeah, Hans Rossling had a cool tes talk about the direct correlation between family sizes and access to healthcare. If the life expectancy goes up, family sizes go down. The talk

      Now we have reached a point where the system in a lot of countries works against the forever growth as people need to work work work and don’t see a future for themselves, let alone for a family.