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Re:Don't give up on having kids because of climate change by grondo4 on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:09AM (#28828466)
>But some else's child will not have to care for them.

Generally it's considered a burden of society to take care of their elderly. Thus 'someone else's child' will have to take care of the childless elderly in some form or another.

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Re:Don't give up on having kids because of climate change by lotsofpulp on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:23AM (#28828645)
Depends on the ability of the elderly to obtain that labor. They typically have a decent amount of political power, but it is certainly possible for quality of care to decline in the event that the cost of their care rises too high.
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