Re:Global fertility has collapsed, with profound economic co...
by tasuki on Friday June 02, 2023 @04:04AM
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> The people that don't have kids will really struggle when they get old and infirm with no one to take care of them.
I often hear this, but it sounds like nonsense? Why obsess about what happens when you're old and infirm? It's going to suck regardless.
One of my great aunts had no kids. She had a great life and lived to 95.
As for avoiding struggling, I have a small kid and struggle. If you want to avoid struggle, having kids is a terrible idea.
Re:Global fertility has collapsed, with profound economic co...
by lotsofpulp on Friday June 02, 2023 @09:26AM
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Your aunt’s quality of life probably depended on the labor supplied by a large working age population. Assuming the pace of automation cannot keep up with proportion of working age population declines (i.e. total supply of labor), then it makes sense to predict higher competition for labor, via higher labor AND higher taxes/lower benefits and the political fight for those.
Yes, people want to party and be free and not have to be tied down and spend money on raising kids. Having kids is a pretty fulfilling experience though. It's not something I understood until I had some. The people that don't have kids will really struggle when they get old and infirm with no one to take care of them.