Posted on 06/01/2026 12:06:22 PM PDT by Libloather
Almost every day now, there is another headline warning about the collapsing birth rate across the developed world, and along with it, another think piece attempting to diagnose why younger generations seem increasingly reluctant to build families.
This week, new figures out of England and Wales showed that the number of babies being born has fallen to the lowest level since 1977, with couples delaying parenthood until their thirties or deciding against children altogether. The total fertility rate dropped to 1.39 children per woman, the lowest level ever recorded.
The explanations offered for this phenomenon tend to revolve around economics, and certainly there is truth to them. Housing costs have exploded, and traditional childcare routes are expensive. Due to the ever-shifting nature of our economy, many young adults feel professionally unstable and financially precarious.
Writing earlier this month in The New York Times, Anna Louie Sussman argued that declining fertility is tied not merely to finances, but to a broader sense of existential instability permeating modern life. As she put it: “Many of the forces our economy is built on — AI, immigration, global trade — feel distressingly volatile; disruption, once a byword for a disturbance or problem, is the governing ethos of a terrifyingly powerful sector of our economy. The rise of prediction markets has turned the world into one large casino. The climate crisis is spiraling, as are the costs of everything that could enable parenthood, whether that’s a roof over one’s head or child care.”
There’s no question that younger generations feel anxious about the future; but this has been the case for most of human history.
What’s interesting is that post-WWII, there was a baby boom, not a bust. Even in the face of uncertainty, after years of devastating war and the Holocaust...
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Uh, the UN was just following the BS coming out of the ‘60s anti-Americans like Paul Ehrlich, the Jaffe memo, the Frankfurt School, etc.
“Replacement Children Only” was the cry of the ‘70s, and we had Dick Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller screaming right along with the racist Bolsheviks. Abort yourselves! Do it for humanity!
No worries AI will take care of it all😎😂
If you are a normal American, you can see your cities and suburban areas being overrun with leftists, illegal immigrants and african americans with little in common with modern society. The cities and a lot of suburbia are NO GO zones for white Americans.
Why bring your kids into this world? There are plenty of jobs, plenty of opportunity, but the dead weight of our society......those who take and don’t produce continue to garner more and more government support.....which continues to accumulate in urban areas.
Stunningly, many folks who call themselves Christian have come to believe only government can make the world a better place. Tribal-like reactions from various ethnic backgrounds make it almost impossible to take the malcontents of society out of circulation for the betterment of the common good. Virtually all the crime and trouble in these urban area are committed by a very small minority.....yet their friends and neighbors ( ethnically similar ) rarely if ever hold them accountable.
Except that Conservatives send their children to public schools.
Real Scientists were never a part of it anyway
The money ran out so the Fake Scientists are out ,LOL
I bet if some rich billionaires paid scientists to say that the earth is going to be sucked into the sun this decade they would write papers claiming that it was true. “The oceans are going to boil due to global warming!” ROFLMAO
,,, you're right. Many scientists tried and tried to have their names removed from the UN's list of endorsers and it was impossible. The UN trades on the power of the group.
Comedian said it best kids used to be an asset, help on the farm…., now theu are an expense. Add to that the utter selfishness of most people and having kids is a drag on their life style. The ones that get the kids paid for are more than happy to reproduce.
Idiocracy come true
Starbucks and gator aid anyone?😎
Satan wins because “science” is lie. Need truth.
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