• _sideffect@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    No one has any money for rent, food, or living expenses.

    Everyone is overworked.

    We’re paid pennies compared to CEO’s.

    Every single company fucks us by raising prices because they can, and our governments do nothing because they haven’t worked for the people in decades…

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      8 months ago

      While that is all generally true, the status of most people in developed countries today is better than its ever been in history.

      That’s what’s driving fertility down. People who have access to education, medical care, relative comfort and security have fewer children.

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        8 months ago

        My wife and I are part of a younger generation whose culture revolves around NOT having children until all those things you mentioned are attained. The stress of even having a kid, let alone multiple, is not something we’re going to address until we hit financial security.

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          8 months ago

          The subtext there is that you feel that financial security is something which is attainable.