How Poverty Makes Workers Less Productive

Re:How Poverty Makes Workers Less Productive by ip26 on Sunday February 14, 2021 @07:57PM (#26137844)

Having kids was a huge perspective shift towards doing my part & seeing the inherent value in other people. No silver bullet, of course, as plenty of people have kids yet act only for their own self interest.

But it is interesting to wonder if decreased birth rates could be both a symptom and cause of decreasing collectivism.

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Re:How Poverty Makes Workers Less Productive by pdimitar on Sunday February 14, 2021 @08:07PM (#26137902)

I am not sure where you're living but where I am birth rates are declining because people literally cannot guarantee they'll have money to feed their kids.

Not a very glorious or elaborate response, granted, but Occam's Razor must never be ignored.

"Decreasing collectivism" is only stemming from "every man for himself" because the economy is objectively getting worse and worse for most folks out there. It's a very logical outcome.

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