As right-wing governments seek to blame a rejection of parenthood, a survey reveals a lack of choice, not desire, stops people having the families they want

This article notes that “right-wing governments, including the US and Hungary, are increasingly blaming falling fertility rates on a rejection of parenthood”, as if today’s young adults just don’t want children.

But the author suggests that actually people do want children, and one of the main reasons they’re having fewer children is because they can’t afford many children.

Thoughts?

  • @Redacted@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29•8 days ago

    Also, civilsation is going to be brought to its knees by climate change in the coming decades.

    Feels somewhat immoral to put someone you love through that.

    • PhoturisEnglish
      6•7 days ago

      Automation is going to chew up jobs faster than new ones are created, too.

      Reduce the value of white collar labor, and white collar workers will flood to the blue collar trades, drastically reducing pay there as well.

      Not a suitable environment for growing large families.