The socioeconomic system is broken, not the people. Population boom only happened because women weren't empowered, contraceptives weren't wildly available. For the human, this is great, if it is their choice (we should want to support agency and autonomy imho). For the systems? Bad for them. Build better systems. If your economic system requires a total fertility rate floor above what a combination of desired and realized fertility is, you're gonna have a bad time.
People will argue about the cost of caring for the elderly, sovereign debt that will need to be paid back, and so on. Well, perhaps consider the obligations you're originating and foisting on a future that may not pay for them.
Comments I've written with robust citations for this thesis:
People will argue about the cost of caring for the elderly, sovereign debt that will need to be paid back, and so on. Well, perhaps consider the obligations you're originating and foisting on a future that may not pay for them.
Comments I've written with robust citations for this thesis:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41799048
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41661724
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41225389
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41035224