5/12/2026 at 5:11:28 PM
These demographic trends, in the west at least, will continue until we solve wealth inequality which we seemingly aren't going to do until there is eventually violent revolt.by bayarearefugee
5/12/2026 at 7:11:25 PM
False, higher inequality actually boosts fertility. And it's a surprisingly strong correlation. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11620411/by aeternum
5/13/2026 at 3:58:30 AM
The correlation between inequality and fertility is one of the most counter-intuitive parts of demographics. While it's true that the poorest strata often have the most children, that doesn't necessarily mean "fixing inequality" is the lever. In many cases, it's the aspiration of the middle class that kills fertility - the high cost of maintaining a certain standard of living and providing a competitive "start" for one child makes having three or four feel financially impossibleby iv4122
5/12/2026 at 6:19:58 PM
The more we solve economic inequality the less children people have since they have more interesting things to do with their lives.by eowln
5/12/2026 at 5:19:44 PM
I doubt it. Of do we’d see the supermajority wealthy people having lots of kids. As it is now the people most apt to reproduce are in the lower strata of the economy.by mc32
5/12/2026 at 5:46:43 PM
https://www.today.com/parents/parents/elon-musk-kids-rcna196...https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saud/tree/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenaebarnes/2022/07/10/elon-mus...
by nerdsniper
5/12/2026 at 6:48:18 PM
Neither you or parent have proven your position. Parent made a “conventional wisdom” statement without providing data; you shared three examples, and as the saying goes, the plural of “anecdote” is not “data.”by jdlshore
5/12/2026 at 7:15:31 PM
Worldwide data:https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-per-woman-fertil...
US data:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Natalism/comments/1bwxsuj/total_us_...
by amanaplanacanal