Normally it’s bad form to comment on receiving downvotes but in his case I’ll point out that I spent a lot of time in such a country as a kid as I have a parent from that country (although said parent had only two siblings and their family didn’t practice bride price / have kids work to support family etc).

Not all reasons for having a large family are religious; some are just desire, of course, and some are indeed economically rational. That last is part of the reason, I believe, that birth rate drops as wealth increases, and is yet another reason to try to increase wealth for everyone.

"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Please read the follow up I made to my comment, which was not intended to be sarcastic.

To go full HN you need to argue they're overvalued as an offering, and they probably need to be re-done (re-conceived?) in Rust.

My kids are highly scalable. Extrapolating current growth rates, we can expect them to be the largest creatures ever created in 6 years. I value the opportunity at $120B. Profit sharing equity only, no parental rights.