i’m gen z, i won’t be having kids because capitalism has made it in my country so that on average i won’t be able to buy a house until im 36 years old (and that statistics is steadily rising). the cost of living and AI greed is so fucked here that my friends who spent years in university doing various tech related degrees are now being laid off or having a hard time just getting into the industries they studies for. if you can’t see how capitalism has fucked our society then you have your head in the sand
The economy has been much worse and people were having more kids at the time. Nobody is talking about the value of capitalism or whatever. Not everyone talks about the conversation you’ve tied your value as a person to all the time. Sometimes facts can be neutral. Poorer people have more kids than richer people and that statement gets truer and truer the bigger groups of people you’re looking at.
And do not ignore that last part. This is a pattern much bigger than you that mathematically disagrees with your fundamental view on this topic.
I’m sorry you wanted it to just be a punchy talking point, but there’s levels to this shit.
capitalism is directly tied to our distribution of resources since it’s a political ideology and more important economic policy. in nature when resources are scarce the smartest of the species will have less kids because they can recognise they won’t be able to support their offspring, in our society resources are hoard by the wealthy which naturally has led the majority to have children less on average. when global economies have been worse in the past people still have access to resources because our society was still in the tranisitional phase from having feudal survival capabilities such as growing our own food and preparing dishes with as little as possible, however nowadays our society is heavily reliant on the money to access resources to the point where we are not taught these basic survival skills in school anymore meaning the majority of people need companies to survive, if those companies provide less resources by doing things like raising the price of food or education or childcare without raising wages then we naturally have less access to resources. which brings it all back to the fact that when resources are scarce the smartest of the species will not reproduce.
if you have any questions i’ll be glad to answer them, i wrote entire study papers in university about this exact topic 👍
edit: looking back i forgot to mention your claim about poorer people having more kids than rich people, it isn’t due to income, it’s due to access to healthcare, poorer people who want kids, will have to give birth more because some will die. since income is correlated to access to healthcare that makes it appear like wealth is the deciding factor of how many children you have. similar to how rabbits breed like crazy, its because of survival since a lot of their children will die, not because they want more kids
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u/BigJSteal 1d ago
blame capitalism