tendency of crested societies to observe dramatic declines in their birthrates is spooky going through the decline of Greece atm whats wrong with people get out and breed why dont you
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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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The anthropologist in my head is yelling, "ECONOMIC POLICIES ARE CULTURALLY DETERMINED! EVERYTHING IS CULTURE! ESPECIALLY TECHNOLOGY!"
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But, (mostly) ignoring her, from my perspective culture has also become highly hostile to people like me. :^) Because now we are called The Mad. Reconnected with family and fuck if the exact same pattern of disorders doesn't run through each and every one of us.
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Of course, most NRX types, say, would sneer at me and accuse our family of being "dysgenic" but also my removal from the breeding population is not exactly raising the genetically determined IQ average of the next generation and blocking access to medtech isn't helping ME either.
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imo underrated factor is that most men are not worthy of procreation in the eyes of most women now. like moreso than usual historically. of course you'd go with ambient antinatalist memes if every guy you have access to is a soybou or dirt poor or less educated than you or etc
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There are markets for sperm Hmm Guess that doesn't help with childrearing
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The economic case is also less convincing given that Germany, with the strongest Eurozone economy, has the lowest fertility rate in the EU (granted, Greece, Portugal, and Italy are the next 3)
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