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0 pointshotpotamus2y ago0 comments

Eh, the way society is headed, I think we're better off with less children to feed to the collective grinder.

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KMag2y ago

It's going to be a rough retirement for you if population drops too quickly. Other people's children are going to need to provide labor to support your retirement. Even if you and all of your friends intend to die at your desks, there are plenty of vital services that require a lot of labor that isn't well-suited to older workers.

Low fertility rates are a real problem across the developed world.

rayiner2y ago

How silly. My dad grew up in a village in Bangladesh. He remembers a happy childhood. Do you think it’s going to get worse than that in developed countries?

dragonwriter2y ago

I think that there is extensive evidence that happiness is not dependent on absolute condition alone, and often more signidicantly driven by condition relative to both past experience and contemporary context, so that your question is...largely irrelevant to experienced misery.

dgfitz2y ago

> more signidicantly driven by condition relative to both past experience and contemporary context

Well, if this is true, your point is moot. Children don't have past experience to compare to, they're children. Ask a 4 year old what 'contemporary context' is and you'll get a blank stare.

Kind of feels like you're arguing for the sake of arguing.

selimthegrim2y ago

It’s a cold day in hell when rayiner and I agree on something but I think he’s got this one pat.

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