[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The problem is that fertility rates are going down world wide not just in "moderately industrialized nations".

Something is happening and it is not good.

[Wallace T.]

There is some factor going on that has nothing to do with politics, culture, or religion. We see low birth rates in post-Christian cultures like Western Europe, Communist and atheist countries like China, as well as capitalist, Buddhist and Shinto Japan. Even Russia, despite re-adopting Orthodox Christianity and encouraging families, is still below replacement rate. South Korea, the most Christian country in Northeast Asia, has a birth rate almost as weak as China and Japan.

[rbg81]

This helps explain it (Mouse Utopia Experiment):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTDTVbourzU