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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by 8note on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:20PM (#37732456)
This is evidence in support of it being a bad deal.

If it was a good deal, women would have more children than they want because the economics were right

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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by Penyngton on Monday October 02, 2023 @05:14AM (#37735742)
Yes and no. Maybe I should have quoted the following part of the parent's comment:

> whenever civil protection and economic freedom gives them any semblance of a choice, the number of children they get goes way down.

Which is clearly falsified by the link I posted.

I certainly agree with you that the economics of raising children is not right in western countries, but this still doesn't deter women from wanting more children than they're having, so I don't think it's at all fair to say that fewer are willingly choosing to have them.

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