America just had its lowest number of births in 32 years, report finds

Re:America just had its lowest number of births in 32 years,... by hedora on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @10:49AM (#19919927)

In capitalist societies with high socioeconomic mobility (where your socioeconomic status is only loosely correlated to your parents’), there are good reasons to believe high socioeconomic status correlates to some sort of genetic fitness.

Such economies typically have strong public education, fair hiring practices, low barriers to entrepreneurship, and a strong social safety net.

The US had such an economy in the post WWII years, but economic mobility has dropped in recent years. (Probably because we gutted the educational system, and bankrupt people that get sick. Also, WWII trained an unprecedented number of mechanics and engineers in the US.)

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Re:America just had its lowest number of births in 32 years,... by naravara on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @01:26PM (#19921696)

>Such economies typically have strong public education, fair hiring practices, low barriers to entrepreneurship, and a strong social safety net.

Even then you're just assessing how well people fit into a routinized public education system or in a traditional office environment. It privileges a very specific type of skill set at the expense of many others.

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