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Re:World fertility rates in 'unprecedented decline', UN says by smitty1e on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @08:15PM (#44242938)
Mom; dad; kids: please explain the failing component?

This is not a top-down policy prescription. It is plain, simple, bottom-up wisdom. Nothing I'm saying here has to do with external law. Rather, internal common sense.

To your point, and as Strother Martin succinctly put it in Cool Hand Luke: "There's some men you just can't reach."

The actionable policy is to pursue the basic truth of "form follows function".

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Re:World fertility rates in 'unprecedented decline', UN says by const_cast on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @08:58PM (#44243185)
What you’re advocating for, then, is total freedom for one to choose one’s life path.

Which is what we have right now. So, great, we’re all on the same page.

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Re:World fertility rates in 'unprecedented decline', UN says by smitty1e on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @09:43PM (#44243415)
Absolutely. I would add that we put on our Big People Pants and point out that not all paths are fruitful, and encourage people to consider those that are.

The karma expense is significant, but worthwhile.

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