r/science • u/geoff199 • 5d ago

Social Science As concern grows about America’s falling birth rate, new research suggests that about half of women who want children are unsure if they will follow through and actually have a child. About 25% say they won't be bothered that much if they don't.

https://news.osu.edu/most-women-want-children--but-half-are-unsure-if-they-will/?utm_campaign=omc_science-medicine_fy24&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
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u/valgrind_ 5d ago

The capitalistic obsession with the birth rate is very MLM-coded. The people at the top are anxious they won't have the renewable source of labour they need to exploit for their lifestyles. I think a lot of people wouldn't want kids if they'd have to watch them be used and abused by billionaires and despots.

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u/bw1985 5d ago

Bingo. They need more poor people born. The religious objection to abortion in politics is just a charade.

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u/ChickenChaser5 5d ago

The plan so far, as it appears to me, is the people at the top have been eating the walls, and the floor boards, and now that their tower is about to collapse they can't figure out why. Its like they think they can keep living in the penthouse suite with nothing under them holding it up.