2nd day this week our kid has to stay home from day care due to trivial health issues. 2 parents who work full time, no family around. Modern life is hard...
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We haven't made the transition from traditional society with lots of family around to mobilistic 'modern' society which has proper support for parents. We live in a shitty in-between space. People worry about birth rates plummeting. Maybe start with better family support policies
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It's decreasing in Norway, too.
I don't think just a few policy changes will stand up to the crushing pressure of cultural capitalism.
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Yeah, it's a bunch of things. But making it less impossible for people to have kids is a good start. Honestly though, I see declining birth rates in industrialized wealthy countries as an argument for boosting immigration rates. It's not like the earth doesn't have enough people
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But muh ethnostate.
It's funny. I don't think lower fertility is much of a problem. But the presumed causes are major problems, or symptoms thereof.
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