Indeed, population ballooned [1] and everyone thought the gravy train of growth was never going to end. Sucks to discover the future isn’t going to be better than the past. Quality of life was artificially inflated, and the bill coming due will be unpleasant.

Regardless, individuals must be empowered to live their best life (if they choose to be childfree) [2] [3] [4] [5], even if it breaks the entrenched system.

[1] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population

[2] https://www.axios.com/2024/04/16/young-adult-sterilization-i...

[3] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullartic...

[4] https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230208-the-adults-cel...

[5] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/11/19/growing-s...