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Re:The global fertility rate is falling by majewsky on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @09:12AM (#23844676)
> The irony in all this is that fertility tends to drop amongst people considered successful and (mostly) progressive, meaning that conservative unsuccessful people will out-breed them.

If this argument really holds, why has the world become so much more progressive over the last two centuries?

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Re:The global fertility rate is falling by lazyjones on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @10:35AM (#23845745)
> why has the world become so much more progressive over the last two centuries?

It only became so progressive since the 1970's, the 50's were fine. The reason: drugs.

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Re:The global fertility rate is falling by ThrowawayR2 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @11:40AM (#23846808)
It could be that humanity has jumped out the window but hasn't hit the ground yet.
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