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[–] RatherBeMTB@sh.itjust.works -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Capitalism. You need money to feed kids. People are having less kids mainly because today having a kid is too expensive.

[–] deafboy@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

People were popping out 10 kids under the feudal rule, living in a hut made out of mud. Today, we live better than the aristocracy did back then. What changed is the attitude. We no longer want to see half of our kids die of hunger, or a preventable disease. And not only that, we prefer them to have a better life than ourselves. People actively choosing whether to have children based on the circumstances have my fullest respect.