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Re:The elite couples breeding to save mankind by elzbardico on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @05:49PM (#35620802)
The title is a bit of bait, as well as the carefully chosen goofy photos. From what I read in the article, they are just rich people that think people should have more kids and are doing that themselves.

That being said, if the elite think that everyone should have more kids, they should stop getting so much of the economic pie for themselves and sharing a bit more (pay higher wages? pay their taxes? don't go laying off people any time the economy does a burp?)

A lot of the people who have only one kid would love to have more, but they are afraid of doing so because of economic reasons.

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Re:The elite couples breeding to save mankind by notch898c on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @06:17PM (#35621158)
In the US lower incomes are associated with higher fertility rates. This may suggest the elites, to 'solve' this problem, should bankrupt the population further and then give them lots of time unemployed to spur "free" activity taken during the boredom.
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Re:The elite couples breeding to save mankind by yesbut on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @06:14PM (#35621122)
But they went through all of this trouble to justify their sex drives. Certainly that's worth a life of luxury, right?
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Re:The elite couples breeding to save mankind by hanoz on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @07:17PM (#35621851)
It's exactly the people keeping the wheels turning, the working class and lower middle class, who can't afford to have children at the moment. The spongers above and below are the ones able to breed with abandon. Doesn't seem sustainable.
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Re:The elite couples breeding to save mankind by Teever on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @11:53PM (#35624062)
Yeah, these people say that they want to have 7 kids because they're worried about population decline, but how many of their kids do they want to be janitors or plumbers?
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