> I would actually put that as a plus, as a super-soft demographic control policy.
It is not a plus, because in the US there is no need to control births. To the contrary, there are not enough births.
Re:Car seats as contraception
by molesmolesmoles on Thursday October 01, 2020 @07:51AM
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Why are there not enough births?
Sometimes there's only one candidate for a job and that person demands more than minimum wage. It hurts profit.
Births in western Europe are less than the amount needed to keep the population stable: the population of those countries is long term decreasing. (but there is often immigration to make up for it)
I think the US is about even, or slightly positive. But then the US has a lot less people than Europe on a per land area measure.
We can argue if the lives saved by seats are enough to counterbalance the inconveniences they pose, but among this inconveniences I would not put the reduction in the number of third children - I would actually put that as a plus, as a super-soft demographic control policy.