r/dankmemes 1d ago

Political meme?

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u/M1QN mods gay lol 1d ago

It doesn’t have much to do with it

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u/StxnedTxTheBxne 1d ago

It has everything to do with it when people can barely afford to feed themselves let alone a baby.

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u/M1QN mods gay lol 1d ago

There are African countries where this is true for a much larger part of the population. In fact, while being the poorest continent in the world, most African countries have fertility rates over 3 and only Tunisia is lower than replacement rate(1.9)

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u/saveasseatgrass69420 1d ago

The actual answer is that they just aren’t as developed leading to worse access to healthcare and higher infant mortality rates. Fertility rates and infant mortality rates go hand in hand. So while yes in more underdeveloped parts of the world the fertility rates are higher, in more developed parts of the world capitalism is a very large part of why birth rates are declining.