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theres still time your descendants could number as grains of sand on the beach
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nah rockin that antinatalist thing
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how will there be antinatalists in the future if you dont reproduce checkmate atheists
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bro that’s the whole point
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better get us all on the first pass then
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hey we’ve rigged climate catastrophe what more do you want
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youll have to do better than thathttps://twitter.com/HakonRotmwrt/status/906079706927255552 …
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In less developed societies each kid is a profit, they help you maintain your property, help on the farm, work in the family shop, etc. In developed society they're typically a cost, particularly if you care how they're educated and raised. Now mix in no-fault divorce...
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that education thing is the problem smart kids raise themselves why waste money on this just make sure the fridge is stocked and theyll surely do the rest
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More "developed" the society the less the government managers will let you do it. People are already getting their kids taken away because parents insist on home schooling them, or are doing it "incorrectly" according to the bureaucrats.
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well we all know how i feel about Feds and Public Schools
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Probably the core of this is more primitive societies are mostly influenced by pragmatic men that are concerned about survival, while "caring" women gain power in safe and senescent societies, and are more concerned with pleasantries and comfort.
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yeah :(
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hey eigenrobot, do locations with overall similar political-economic conditions but different tax rates or different tax structures have different birthrates?
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Maybe there's another variable to look at that could also impact things?pic.twitter.com/t7xRf8Dser
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imagine it's a contributing factor but even places that heavily subsidize births and childcare don't seem to see much response from such policies :/
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what if people don't make the decision based on their post facto "after a subsidy we'll have..." but based on whether they're experiencing real economic growth at that immediate moment?
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also quite likely but im inclined to peg cultural factors as proximately important
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I wouldn't ignore them, I just expect the instinct to brood to be an ancient thing that would adapt to multiple highly variable circumstances (so, from the jungle to deserts to icebergs to, yes, the concrete jungle) but would make decisions based on primevally detectable factors.
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honestly im on an "everything is culturally determined" kick atm prior atm is that society has changed to become basically hostile to childrearing
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