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Re:Asia’s advanced economies now have lower birth rates than... by emptysongglass on Sunday December 11, 2022 @02:30AM (#33941033)
This simply isn't true: see Denmark where I live. Nothing appears to work to incentivize families to have kids.
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Re:Asia’s advanced economies now have lower birth rates than... by Scoundreller on Sunday December 11, 2022 @12:02PM (#33944938)
Denmark seems to be doing pretty well compared to its southern neighbours?

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...

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Re:Asia’s advanced economies now have lower birth rates than... by emptysongglass on Sunday December 11, 2022 @12:15PM (#33945090)
Right, but the point is comparing yourself to a sea of bad is not good. It's still very bad. None of us are actually reproducing above replacement and it's already having massive deleterious effects on our pension plans and when we're allowed to retire with full pension.
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