I agree that's a good idea, and indeed, you will find many childfree and supportive people among environmentalists. Each person had a right to make their own reproductive choices, and it's not okay to pick on anyone for theirs.
Capitalists, however, cannot afford that. Regardless of their family planning politics, their economic system requires growth or else it falls apart.
It's no accident that America has turned to sexual slavery at a time when its birth rate is only 1.6 children per woman, well below the 2.1 replacement rate, let alone growth. It costs a tremendous amount of money just to birth a baby, and a great deal more to raise it to 18, plus college fees now required in order to participate in society. Most people simply can't afford that, regardless of whether they want kids.
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Date: 2024-09-16 03:03 am (UTC)Capitalists, however, cannot afford that. Regardless of their family planning politics, their economic system requires growth or else it falls apart.
It's no accident that America has turned to sexual slavery at a time when its birth rate is only 1.6 children per woman, well below the 2.1 replacement rate, let alone growth. It costs a tremendous amount of money just to birth a baby, and a great deal more to raise it to 18, plus college fees now required in order to participate in society. Most people simply can't afford that, regardless of whether they want kids.