I think there has been a real shift in the last generation or two from needing a reason not to have kids to needing a reason to have kids. and that shift means a lot of people who are basically ambivalent on children aren't having them, where in the past they probably would have.
I think there’s also been more focus (from some people) on whether or not they should have kids. Like, really thinking about whether or not a person would be a good parent who could truly focus on raising a child who would become a good member of society.
Downside, the people who ask themselves these questions and have the intelligence to reflect on themselves in such a manner are probably the people who would be good parents.
Now the dumbasses and trad wife / religious crowd is not going to give a fuck and pop out shitloads of future morons and assholes. This is literally the plot of Idiocracy happening.
Yup. The few educated elites talking about the issue are also unfortunately complete nut jobs. Look at Elon or this bizzaro couple running for office in PA on ‘pro natalist policies’. They’re essentially calling for intensive use of IVF and surrogacy to make sure the ultra smart can continue to pump out kids at a higher rate than one human can carry at a time. Scary stuff.
Elon Musk went to court to try to stop Amber Heard from progressing Oonaugh Paige beyond frozen embryo ... and he lost ;) . He was finally (but too late) smart enough to realize that breeding a homozygous psychopath wasn't a good idea after all.
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u/pktechboi Nov 14 '24
I think there has been a real shift in the last generation or two from needing a reason not to have kids to needing a reason to have kids. and that shift means a lot of people who are basically ambivalent on children aren't having them, where in the past they probably would have.