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Re:iPhone X by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @05:43AM (#15236798)
People stop breeding when they're prosperous enough to be comfortable and educated enough to defer gratification.

The correlation is well-known and widely documented. Native - i.e. non-immigrant - populations in the US and Europe are both shrinking now, sometimes dramatically.

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Re:iPhone X by Aaargh20318 on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @07:41AM (#15237292)
> People stop breeding when they're prosperous enough to be comfortable and educated enough to defer gratification.

And when is that going to be something that's true for the entire global population ? It would require us to get rid of some massive issues regarding inequality and that is never going to happen.

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Re:iPhone X by marchdown on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @08:41AM (#15237697)
This does ring true, but I can't think of any reliable sources backing that up. I'd appreciate it if you mentioned some.
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