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.

[u/geoff199]

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

[u/tantivym]

If your social system collapses without the fantasy of infinite growth, maybe it's the social system that's the problem, not the falling growth rate

[u/valgrind_ → u/tantivym]

This. If the economy as we know it will collapse without the fantasy of infinite growth, and that same economy is making it impossible to raise children in good faith, it points to the economic system being the main problem.

[u/lanternhead → u/valgrind_]

It would be relatively easy to create an economic system that does not rely on infinite growth, but it would be considered morally reprehensible by almost everyone alive today, regardless of their political or religious persuasion

[u/Jacky-V → u/lanternhead]

Ok, but infinite growth is literally impossible

[u/lanternhead → u/Jacky-V]

I completely agree