Natalism: The New Hotness

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Natalism: The New Hotness - Lemmy.World

How do these Natalists feel about the African continent?

Antinatalism what what - don’t make fresh when plenty actual living kids need rescuing.
I watched a video recently on how South Korea is pretty fucked because of their declining birth rate. 2.1 is fine by me.
There is nothing bad about going back to a sustainable population level. The cost for raising a child is greater than the cost for taking care of elderly. When elderly die that frees up resources for the next generation making it even easier.
True, but the lack of productive workers and the thinned tax base will crash the country while it all balances out. Only way to make a smooth transition is to slaughter the elderly, which is largely what will happen, just not on purpose.

If raising 6 kids in 1950 (which cost more than 2 elderly), didn’t crash the country, then having more workers per dependent in 2030 won’t either.

The only people who suffer from a population decline are the idle wealthy because their income comes from skimming profit from the workers.

You keep bringing up the same point but do you plan on just letting seniors rot? We literally don’t have the workers to care for the elderly AND run society. Demographic collapse is a real issue

Seniors had care when there were less resources because families had 6 kids to raise. I showed that because children take up more resources than elderly that they not only wouldn’t rot, but would have more care because the resources that went to children would go to them.

We literally don’t have the workers to care for the elderly AND run society.

Yet we can have the resources to raise kids that cost even more? That makes no sense.

Seniors had care when there were less resources because families had 6 kids to raise.

Historically, this was made possible by unpaid care labor performed primarily by women and children.