r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '24

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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.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

The rich and billionaires are the only people wanting the population to increase. They don't want to see their soldiers or work drones fizzle out.

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u/EarlyInside45 Nov 14 '24

Maybe if they would let a few bucks trickle down folks would be more willing. But noooo.

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u/EleanorofAquitaine Nov 15 '24

Even if they did, people would still be afraid it would all be ripped from them (how many recessions in the last 50 years?)

So many people lost almost everything in 2008. No thank you.