"Not Enough Babies" - Global Fertility Rates Reach SHOCKING Historic Low!

Over the past 70 years, the worldwide Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has plummeted by over half, dropping from approximately five children per female in 1950 to 2.2 children in 2021, with over half of all countries and territories (110 out of 204) now reporting TFRs below the population replacement threshold of 2.1 births per female as of 2021. This decline underscores a global trend towards reduced fertility rates. Meanwhile, in 2023, America witnessed a distressing milestone with over 1 MILLION abortions annually, signaling a troubling reversal from the declining abortion rates observed in the 2000s-a clear indication of regression in our nation's reproductive health landscape.
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[@kristofgriffin384]

The wolves are upset that the sheep aren't reproducing.

[@ltraingalaxy122]

Facts

[@SWOTHDRA]

Lol yup, PBD wants more people to mow his lawn and raise his kids and clean his houses 😂🤡🤡🤡👎🥴💀

[@MaddenFifa]

​@@SWOTHDRAand then condescend them for not being at his level of 'success'

[@david_a_uno]

No, the wolves have been working hard to lower reproduction rates among the general population.

[@467076]

This is what the wolves want. They’ll be able to control the sheep easier 😂

[@Elixir9]

The slave population is in decline

[@chrizzo7782]

I’m sorry ?

[@SWOTHDRA]

Truth and the rich are panicking 😂

[@capitalexpenditures21]

@@SWOTHDRASure they are. Most wealthy people in the world are too busy enjoying their lavish lifestyle.

[@topicalstormofficial]

That’s why Elon Musk is upset. 😂

[@seanneumann5790]

Boomers and capitalists brought this in themselves.

[@mikhailabdurrachman2443]

Bringing children into this world without being able to give them a proper life is irresponsible and selfish

[@user-ci2mn1oy3w]

it's much worse than that. I'ts one of the most assholery things you can DO and you're doing it to your own KIDS. What jerks such people ARE.

[@PRIVATEJAY]

I'm glad someone has some sense. I feel like we live around delusion people.

[@th5579]

Wrong! Many wonderful people have come out of poverty. Look at Ben Carson: 13 yr old mom, welfare and he’s a brain surgeon and worked for President Trump. Have kids be blessed.

[@garyb1534]

@@th5579 Was a MUCH different world back then,,,

[@atul3009]

That's excuse, people want their ambition first 😂

[@NinjaGuyding]

I really hate the right’s position on the birthing crisis. For most people, it has nothing to do with being selfish. No one can afford to have kids anymore! I can’t even buy a damn house. If I’m going to have kids, I’d want to give them a life (or an opportunity to) I never had. I’d want better for them. I don’t want to raise children in a one bedroom apartment teetering on poverty. We need to fix the inflation and housing crisis here… it needs to be more affordable. Then I’ll have kids.

[@arundhatifit]

Exactly!

[@josephpasquarella2123]

This is flawed. The causes are modern feminism and modern culture, coupled with social media and the insane inequity of the dating market. The economy is a weak argument. People had no problem having kids during the Great Depression. We aren’t even close to that. The 3rd world has no problem having kids. Here in America people that have kids are usually a household of combined incomes, also they get massive tax breaks.

[@bris.e]

I agree, economy is just a weak argument. Many of us here were born in a poor family and had no issues with. If you are worried about that, you are worried because of you, not because of your children. What’s the worst that can happen when having a kid on a 1 bed apartment? That you do not have a big patio or a garage to have a playground? Come on, kids do not care about that, you do! Don’t lose the opportunity to be a young parent just because you think you do not have “enough”. Btw, I am speaking from the position of someone new in this country, living the same insecurities as you but ready to bring someone to live. Better times are coming. See you on the other side.

[@ferndog1461]

​@@bris.e in the USA, marriages end in divorce 50% of the time. The reason for those divorces ? Infidelity ? Nope. #1 reason is money problems. Don't get married & have kids if you can't support the mother's lifestyle.

[@bris.e]

@ferndog1461 I agree 100% with your last statement. I am just assuming people will take the time to pick someone that is reasonable, not and OF model or a crazy chick that will make your bleed money to keep an insane social media lifestyle. What I say is that, after you have a reasonable person by your side don’t base having kids on the fact that you’ll be able to get them what society defines today as a “decent” life. I consider society has gone a little bit out or rode on that path.

[@Mcmastergirththesplitter]

Inflation has caused both parents to have to work and now no one can afford kids

[@kanwal1173]

💉

[@Mcmastergirththesplitter]

@@kanwal1173 buddy my daycare costs for both kids was almost $2K a month.

[@KOSMOinfinite]

Inflation has been a common thing in the global south and developing word. What we see now is different. The biggest change is that India and China are both slowing down with population growth.

[@peasantjeff4731]

Empower women by putting them in the workplace they said, it will benefit everyone they said. I’ve seen no one but corporations and governments benefit, almost like that was the plan all along…

[@valdius85]

BS. Do you think it was easier after WWII or in other times?

[@Tigersuplex]

Another out of touch take by these dudes. People can’t afford to even live, let alone have multiple kids.

[@yoyojuana2054]

People can't afford to live in Africa and most parts of Asia as well, but they aren't crying. Have babies and grow up

[@derek4412]

It requires a lot of different choices, but I think almost everyone can afford at least four kids. It really is a matter of priorities.

[@LNGops]

@@ELpeaceonearth average… is that including opportunity cost? I mean, my wife homeschools ours and she could be making 100-150k.. but other than that kids arnt that expensive. We have 8.

[@derek4412]

@@ELpeaceonearth I've seen other videos that show it can be done for closer to 80k (about 4k per year). The USDA comes up with that really large number to scare everyone. Divide 250k by 18 to see how ridiculous their math is.

[@RivIrie]

This

[@Sss-mj7zb]

I am not feeding my children to this vicious system. Childfree for life!

[@italyc9132]

Selfish would be having children and not being able to feed them. Having them just because. People cannot afford to live at all.

[@Noplayster13]

And yet, you still live.

[@chessmatica8242]

I don't think its selfishness. It's more real people struggling and no good expectations about future in general. Absence of national idea!

[@TheSSEssesse]

Generally the poorest people have the most kids. Affluence is almost directly correlated to lower birth rates. Notice there were no African countries on that list they showed

[@RahilSethi]

@@TheSSEssesse I completely disagree. I have known enough number of rich people having more kids be it Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, most Royal families, etc. Any man who grew with a silver spoon in his mouth, owns a house and a car is able to attract woman and is able to give birth to offsprings. It's the basic natural law: males with more resources (alpha males) are able to to successfully mate with females and reproduce, be it humans, birds, or other mammals. Among humans, it's the lower middle income bracket people, who are too busy to make money for their survival have no time and resources to reproduce. These are the people who also pay the most in taxes, and get least help from the Govt. There are many examples of those as well.

[@MaddenFifa]

These guys rattle of stupid talking points from their podcast studio. They're not real world.

[@youssefhamidi8152]

Exactly! These morons out here thinking “oh ppl are just selfish and thats why they dont have kids”.

[@teebone2157]

There is no national idea with capitalism. It's every man for themselves and the few at the top. Don't care about the other 99%. They will try to take every dollar and they can and the government is helping them.

[@BrianCheng24]

Childcare in some states costs more than most people make. Its no surprise.

[@thmphll]

Its lifestyle choices, you have to pay insane prices for daycare because few want to raise kids. The wealthier nations become the faster the birthrate drops, its not a matter of enough money. The poorest nations have the highest birth rates.

[@oneperson5760]

So don't pay childcare. One parent should stay home and raise the children, if childcare costs more than they make. That's simple math. Better yet, get licensed to watch a few other kids too, then you save having to pay childcare, AND make money at home.

[@taliaeve969]

1 baby in daycare in my city costs 3k.

[@MommaBirdd]

Fertility rate problems among people attempting to conceive, pesticides, plastics in food, processed food, etc.

[@DeeFitnessLifeBze]

Your right.. less chance of fertilizing

[@earx23]

Yes, but also people start too late. If you're expecting babies from a 41 year old woman, you have to understand that the chances are about 10% of what they were when she was 21.

[@annphoenix4565]

early use of contraceptives too

[@AustrianPainter14]

*for vvomen because they are waiting until 40.

[@rubamann]

Fertility is not a problem in India, and other developing (3rd) countries.

[@fernando-sl7qm]

It’s funny how they avoid the elephant in the room that young people have no money, can’t buy a house, and you want them to have a family while living at their parents.

[@paodbdauw]

This channel needs to be downvoted and banned for good

[@Ben77788]

Raising 4 kids, it’s extremely expensive. We spend about $2k a month just on food. I don’t blame anyone for not having kids.

[@oneperson5760]

But you dont have to spend that much on food. Our family is the same size and we cook at home and keep a big garden. Spending that much is a choice, not a need.

[@rexrexy9881]

Try 6 lol that's where I am. All live with me and in same household

[@vestera.4591]

2k a month on food?! How much food does your family eat? Holy crap!

[@SWOTHDRA]

​@@rexrexy9881thats just dumb

[@rexrexy9881]

@@SWOTHDRA I'm not crying over financial issues. What's dumb about having a big family?

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

Why would you want to bring a child into this nightmare?

[@EdwinS2019]

The problem with the old generation is they live in their past...This is 2024...try having a child in this world - you egotistic greedy boomers have created..

[@DynastyJr]

Fertility rates down because it’s unaffordable

[@robertsmith6188]

Only for yts. We give trillions to breed trillions of blxs

[@leticiabeanguido]

Sir, We are all broke

[@dylanstraub9612]

IDK about actual fertility but it's pretty damn expensive to raise a kid these days. The decline in the value of the dollar and the rise of two working adults in the house have a lot to do with this.

[@dootdoot1867]

so many birth defects now. 50% chance.

[@mbergamin16]

That's half of it yes, the other half is society turning women away from the family dynamic and more towards the workplace. Women don't want to have or raise kids anymore because it will hinder thier independence and growth, this is ontop of the financial difficulties.

[@oneperson5760]

People like to say kids are expensive to give themselves an excuse to not have any. Yet poor people manage to have children. You refusing to have kids because ‘its expensive’ will leave the world populated with the children of the poor. I guess its true that the meek shall inherit the earth.

[@kosta1987]

Imagine two working parents and having two kids who’s going to watch the kids when the parents are at work? Oh yes, go to a daycare and pay $500 per week that is not sustainable.

[@Niffumable]

@@dootdoot1867 lol 50% chance of birth defects? Where tf you get this stat, lololol

[@BridgetWalker-xu8sw]

How in the hell does having a population of *8 BILLION PEOPLE* benefit anyone?!?!?!

[@Naden]

Funfact, 10% of every human that ever lived is alive RIGHT NOW. Thats how much we have grown

[@BridgetWalker-xu8sw]

@@Naden That's an appalling statistic. Humans should have gone extinct.

[@markn2393]

It doesnt.doesn't.. only the top dogs

[@Noplayster13]

It… benefits 8 billion people. Duh.

[@bostonkremer791]

it doesnt, the population needs to continue to decline

[@karek4635]

Why would anyone want to have a kid if they need two careers on top of parenting and you have to place your kid in daycare which will harm them? No way!

[@JustSavwill]

Day care is a mortgage itself monthly

[@bennymfanb.962]

Children are expensive, and the world is a scary, unstable place. No wonder people aren't having children.

[@user-ci2mn1oy3w]

Everyone in the US should have figured that out over 60 years ago., I did, and I was just a kid. Get a vasectomy, guys and ASAP, move to the third world and STAY there. You can find MILLIONS of beautiful, faithful, supportive, sexy young single moms there. Take your pick and forget the rat race in the US

[@PRIVATEJAY]

​@@user-ci2mn1oy3wfree agent lifestyle.

[@thespecial]

It’s not children who are expensive. This is a very nonsense answer. It’s life days expensive it’s corruption. It’s the word it’s people like you that made it expensive because you buy whatever the system sells.

[@oneperson5760]

Children are NOT expensive. They start out tiny and eat very little. Their clothes are also small and affordable. If you have a baby shower, you get all the baby gear you need gifted to you. Education is free or nearly free. Home school is much improved by accredited online curricula nowdays. Children are only expensive if you want them to be expensive because that gives you a fake excuse to not bother yourself with having any. We didnt set aside a penny for college savings. Our kids worked hard, made good grades and earned scholarships. If your kids cant do that, they shouldnt be going to college.

[@meaty-bunny]

Yet another disinformation agent.

[@mutantryeff]

Kids are taxed to barely able to support themselves. They can't afford a house, car, or kid. Those with kids are cranking them out so they get financial assistance

[@girth_wider]

Truth!

[@mutantryeff]

@@girth_wider It is called enslavement through taxation.

[@MommaBirdd]

Living in Texas, prego with #5, no government assistance with kids, no food stamps, nothing.

[@mutantryeff]

@@MommaBirdd Taxed so much you couldn't afford a condom?

[@user-ci2mn1oy3w]

that's bs. from 2013-2016, I lived in an old van on the $80 per weeks sales of my plasma. I got around on a bicycle, ate free at the SA mission and some churches, cleaned up at a $10 per month 24-7 Planet Fitness gym. Anyone can do the same and save every DIME of their salary AND of their 12k per year student loans. 2 years of college makes you an X ray tech, able to CLEAR 50k per year. Both husband and wife making that sort of money, investing it intelligently can retire to the third world in 4 years, no problem at all.

[@Scorpiowoman1995]

Men don’t even buy a woman flowers on the first date or pay for the bill. What families are they going to support? The women are the ones who are going to be working and simultaneously raising kids? The new generation of women do not want to struggle.

[@majurbludd]

Men will buy flowers for women who deserve them.

[@josephpasquarella2123]

News flash women shit on men who do things like buy flowers on a first date. Todays women ain’t your grandma’s women.

[@justmyopiniongirl4798]

Facts!!! These clowns keep talking about traditional…., if you want traditional….. most of these losers couldn’t hack it. Sorry but I’m not having kids, blowing out my body for some guy who is more wishy washy than the weather forecast.

[@elitsaemilova3318]

AMEN

[@Tikka143]

@@majurbludd So more women will operate from the assumption that they don't deserve them and continue working to provide for themselves and their parents. Deserve is relative, just like good and bad. If something benefits you, you will call it good and seek to promote more of it in the world. If it doesn't benefit you, you will call it bad and seek to tear it down. This way of thinking and being is at the forefront of the issues everyone is crying about.

[@ToxDuris]

Conservatives are so obsessed with ppl not ruining their lifes with kids.

[@AngelSanchez-gc1jj]

Bro the #1 issue is economic. If a bird can't afford a nest there is nk where to lay the eggs

[@davidrg792]

To have the "delight of raising new citizens" first, you need a decent income. I'm not going to look a kid in the eye and tell him or her that we can't go to disney because me and mom are living paycheck to paycheck despite the fact that we both have college degrees. Houses are unaffordable, and groceries are to the roof. If you can't barely meet your needs, how can you have kids?

[@user-ci2mn1oy3w]

only true cause you're dumb enough to live in CA or NY. and "think' you need a fancy house and cars.. Only 2 years of college is necessary to become an XRay tech, clearing 50k per year. both of you doing so, living in a van, investing inteligently and you can retire to the third world in 4 years.

[@spencerhon4430]

I tell my kids we can't go to Disneyland all the time 😂 I went once as a kid because I was one of five boys. Sometimes you can't do all the things and that's ok. People need to stop beating themselves up because they don't have the money for the extras. There's so many other things you can do as a family that don't break the bank like Disneyland does these days.

[@civilengineer3349]

Disneyland is not food and shelter. If the kid wants to go to Disneyland, they can get a job and start saving

[@oneperson5760]

Thats ridiculous. Kids dont need disney.

[@momosgarage]

@@civilengineer3349 you’re right and once these guys grow up, they become insufferable and dangerous people to work for, and in my experience break the law and get people seriously injured, even when they’ve been forewarned by more knowledgeable employees, with broad LIFE experience, who actually went to Disneyland when they were young.

[@albertcampos959]

Humanity is balancing itself out based on available resources. Why is anyone shocked!?

[@unc1221]

Correct.

[@richardprice4839]

I'm young. Its mostly economic. You can't afford a good living, wife stays home, and 2-3 kids on minimum wage like you could before.

[@josephpasquarella2123]

It has nothing to do with economics. That’s a massive cope that young people are claiming. There wasn’t a problem with reproduction during the world wars and Great Depression, arguably the worst and most frightening time in human history. It’s all about the destruction of gender dynamics. Most men are going sexless, let alone being able to find a decent woman to marry. Women now are simply not interested in men unless they are top 10%ers. This is the main cause.

[@Call_Me_Troy]

Elon Musk has been saying this for a long time.

[@KOSMOinfinite]

Correct. And modern capitalism has no clue how to handle a word with lesser demand.

[@KangTheDigitalNomadGlobeTreker]

And everyone dismisses people in OUR GENERATION it's not a joke. We get told by Boomers go take a hike. ....I guesss a trip to Space is the new hike

[@mr.g4272]

I'm sorry but these pbd shows are triggering for me sometimes. Patrick takes notes for something so obvious. Its an agenda to get rid of the nuclear family. Patrick taking notes shows that many people do not care for ish about mens issues. Basically, if you want to take way anything regarding the decline of birth rates is this: feminists are winning the battle.

[@carlosfunes9397]

@@mr.g4272room temperature iq

[@Professor__S]

I do recall Elon discussing this issue a few years ago. Feel like we are experiencing the Eutopia rat experiment.

[@successfuldentalcoaching5921]

Patrick, it’s not suddenly it’s been happening for years all over the world

[@user-ci2mn1oy3w]

we need it badly. should have happened 70 years ago. The world has 10x too many people on it.

[@mr.g4272]

​@@user-ci2mn1oy3wYour world view is false. It turns out that more people are in the world, the more we can things done. That world view has been debunked by a while back ago.

[@evilds3261]

@@mr.g4272 Then why are jobs getting replaced by AI making it so fewer people can get jobs let alone an income?

[@mr.g4272]

@@evilds3261Declining birth rates or the 7 plus million people not actively working.

[@evilds3261]

@@mr.g4272 Declining birth rates should eventually increase wages when the supply is low and demand is high.

[@aliyahharmon9045]

You all are disconnected from the reality young people are living through.

[@ckdaily578]

Why would we bring children into a world where they will be slaves their whole lives? Do not put the responsibility on us. Fix the system!

[@lindaseikkula2296]

While UN Climate Scientist is talking population decrease by pandemic. Sick.

[@therealthreadkilla]

I was just going to say that the climate cultists should be rejoicing. and now that we know there's going to be less humans the cult can chill the fuck out now.

[@NichoTBE]

Cov19 was likely an engineered virus designed to kill alot more than it actually did, as it mutated into a weaker form before killing the millions of elderly it was supposed to.

[@monotech20.14]

What do you think happens during a worldwide pandemic?

[@lucasfff1370]

@@monotech20.14Are you dumb?

[@rangodenalo6185]

Lol what are you talking about

[@Emils_really]

I'm a gen-z'er and a big fan of this podcast. But how dumb for them to say that it is bad to be selfish, to want just a little financial freedom, while all of them are rich, live in mansions and swim in money.

[@cedricbelleblazerfan]

Exactly bro, they’re disconnected and don’t see what the average person is going through.

[@TheSilverGate]

Yeah, they are all basically imbeciles on this topic. They are just trying to justify kids for partisan reasons

[@oneperson5760]

It IS dumb to wait on money to have kids. Kids dont need money. They need love, food, shelter and water. If you love them, they will have all the rest because you will figure out how to provide it. Dont wait around forever if you want kids. Have them young while you still have the energy to chase them around and play with them!

[@catfromtrigun]

@@oneperson57603 out of 4 of those things require money though, and it requires additional money to give them safe food, safe water, and a safe shelter. Purchasing power just ain’t what it used to be, and many people that have grown up poor don’t want to stay poor forever. Having children while living in poverty is a disservice to yourself just as much as it is to your kids…

[@lorgerdat]

That’s because Gen-z can’t see anything beyond their own generation.

[@doctort434]

Imagine breating poor and middle class people for making poor financial mistakes by having children they cant provide for, and then complaining that the birth rates are down😂

[@ETAonTheEUC]

I don't agree that having children necessarily makes you any happier than not having children. That's just a broad assertion

[@oneperson5760]

Were you listening? Its not about splitting hairs over how much more marginally happy you are in either situation. Its about being less selfish and doing it anyway.

[@ETAonTheEUC]

@@oneperson5760 I don't agree that not having children is more selfish than having children. They are both selfish acts -- not necessarily bad acts, but still selfish. Everything we do is for selfish reasons, even taking care of others. If you didn't want to take care of someone you wouldn't, but you do it for selfish reasons (preserve your DNA, golden rule, to be virtuous, religious beliefs, etc).

[@ETAonTheEUC]

@@oneperson5760 Btw, the guy on the far left did say referring to Chelsea Handler (paraphrasing): "You decided not to have kids. Let's see how happy that makes you when you're in your 50 and alone". That's a broad assumption that having children makes you happier.

[@josephpasquarella2123]

Actually it’s a biological imperative and mandate to have offspring and raise them. It ties into our psyche and it’s the greates natural form of fulfillment. Humans are biologically and evolutionarily built to have and raise kids.

[@ETAonTheEUC]

@@josephpasquarella2123 I don't doubt having kids can be a great fulfillment and bring great happiness, but I don't think you need them to be happy with your life. On the other hand, I wouldn't doubt kids can bring great strife and unhappiness too. I just think it's kind of silly to say you won't be happy without kids.

[@shiningbluenebula]

How no fault divorce and alimony being forced to pay child support for children that are not yours with the risk of being put in jail being forced to pay the all the debt of woman that had a huge debt before she met the man and when she divorces him the is not hers anymore it becomes his entire responsibility. The reality that marriage and divorce can leave a man in financial ruin especially in Western countries.

[@UtubeH8tr]

Simple solution Don't get married. Just have kids together.

[@ezskreet]

@@UtubeH8tr your brilliant! However u skipped over child support. Western society overly empowers and incentivizes women to fu(k over men . It encourages women to be selfish and self serving. What your solution for the irreversible damage the feminist movement has done?

[@AustrianPainter14]

UtubeH8tr I’ve been on 4 continents now in the last year with various vvomen and they all pretend to want kids, but don’t actually.

[@ll2323]

Every comment just point back to its economically not a smart decision to have kids. And this is just another form of it.

[@Rice10120]

Stay away from women. There, problem solved.

[@sapphireblue222]

In Junior High School back in the early 1970's, we 'Baby Boomers' were told to have only 1 or at the most 2 children. "It's a Population Explosion!" they said. And it was up to our generation to put a stop to the insanity. Nearly every day, some teacher would tell us how the earth cannot possibly sustain so many people. They also preached that we needed a college degree or we would never be able to have the American Dream. Children were the poison that would kill all of our hopes and dreams for a better life. Yes. This is what we were constantly told, and I suspect that the PTB knew this would necessitate what is occurring now.

[@The-Silliest-Billy]

"The population must be kept under 500,000,000 - in perpetual accordance of nature" - the Georgia Guidestones Good on you for not buying their master/slave dialectic will-to-power supervillain bs

[@earx23]

The irony is, they didn't even have to say these things. Luxury and individuality is the ultimate birth control.

[@Imzadi]

I’m a millennial and was told the same thing growing up. I was also told that as a woman I need to choose a career and not waste my time being a mother. Being the oppositional defiant that I am, I became a wife and stay at home mother of three. We have told several generations of women that our place is NOT to rock the cradle. We have poisoned our society to be workaholics and not prioritize family values.

[@Cyndogg085]

​@Imzadi Same! I'm a millennial and I love being a mom! My cousins the same age give all the reasons in the world why people shouldn't have kids.🫤

[@user-nn4er5wn5h]

Well they are right if you think about it, children do poison your dreams, right now a child is costing 314K from 0-18, if you take that 17,444 a year and invest it, you would have 593K in 18 years, that is the difference someone with a child vs someone without will be ahead over a half a million. And at some point you will get mad with the person without kids has the women and the vacation time and the nicer car, and the bigger house, because we are jealous creatures. My grandmother has 8 children and shouldn't have she put them in a position to fail and its taken them decades to get out of a hole, its just not worth it.

[@EdwinS2019]

Why have children only to be slaves

[@BROS_Guzz]

First they removed women from the household in the name of liberty, followed by taxing both working parents then created the gay movement mixed with division between women and men helped by the family court system that incentivizes the women benefits of breaking the marriages. The list is long and I must've missed some things but you get the point.

[@user-ci2mn1oy3w]

good deal. Get a vasectomy and dont get married.

[@tornasukiii745]

Cool now do the rest of the countries in the world they mentioned.

[@DeathsInverse]

But they don't want to talk about that

[@hiphipjorge5755]

​@@tornasukiii745 🤣 I know, these people seem to think the United States is the only country dealing with this, when in reality it's arguably most countries now, minus many in Africa and several in Asia

[@shanananabooboo]

​@tornasukiii745 Feminism isn't just in America

[@boxybrown33]

Your billionaire overlord idols have made society completely untenable. Tell us again about the church of hustle 😂

[@KangTheDigitalNomadGlobeTreker]

There you go ...you are catching on now

[@guitarlessonswith4480]

Put the erosion of parental rights, divorce laws & an unstable volatile world on that list as well.

[@deez4262]

I like Pat, but it's clear they put no research into this topic and their analysis is heavily influenced by their politics

[@Sxypenguin]

Why didn't they say cost of living? A huge portion of the population can barely fend for themselves. Rent/Housing Food Utilities Transportation Fuel All choking the potential couple of having a baby.

[@GirlCollege199019]

Me and my hubby doing our part lol. We have 6 little ones.

[@user-ci2mn1oy3w]

if you are not at least a millionaire, then you're a complete asshole cause there's no way you're giving each of those kids the 50k per year they need for a private educations.. Which means you're sucking our tax money to pay for their education

[@jacobperez8921]

That's awesome! Congrats.

[@classic.cameras]

In Canada. Can not afford to have kids thanks to our Carbon Tax. Its insane.

[@rohanasuthkar9543]

Does the Child care benefit cover the cost? It's like 400 a month.

[@TheSilverGate]

Seriously? Carbon tax is the only thing that comes to your mind? What about selfish capitalists behind apartment buildings and grocery chains?

[@KalboVello]

But how much is this so called carbon tax that you can't afford to have kids? GTFO😂

[@janelleg597]

When are Canadians going to grow some balls

[@classic.cameras]

@@janelleg597 maybe when we are not taxed like 60% to 80% of our income. It is insanely high.

[@universalmeditation8631]

Well the Gates foundation pushed this years ago and now we’re feeling it!

[@user-qy8yi2rn5z]

I think the panel may need to review the numbers for a little longer. It's not a US centric thing. It's not limited to one particular culture or policies and it's been going on for a lot longer than a few election cycles. All the usual scapegoats aren't going to cut it guys.

[@unc1221]

Nope, it’s not just feminism or liberals. It’s greed, overall. Competing for resources

[@CoCoButta901]

why would a 50 year old man want to have a baby when he most likely won't see his grandkids.

[@exjehooberdubexpiobeezleeb6269]

Not to mention the potential genetic issues from men having kids over 40

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

Yeah, I wouldn’t want to risk having a disabled kid

[@Dan-yd5jh]

Easy for PBD to say "have more kids" when he is ultra wealthy, can afford to eat out for meals all the time, most likely have in home nanny's, and not have to worry about day to day costs like 90% of Americans have to. Blows my mind he can't comprehend why the average American is not having kids, shit is hella expensive!!!

[@11rs11]

Yes, he's extremely out of touch!

[@allstarsRB]

If you cant afford to live, why would you be going on dates? Starting a family with no home to have for them? How and why would you bring a child into this world guys? Seems to me that family has been destroyed by the institutions and culture. The family is what will make a society or break it.

[@gabriiallek7727]

id never have a child in this day and age, are u crazy?

[@UtubeH8tr]

Defeatist attitude won't give you a good life. Strive to become greater and push forward.

[@eric1302]

This could possibly be a reason America will not secure its borders

[@KangTheDigitalNomadGlobeTreker]

They have plenty of tech for that IF THEY NEED DRONES do superbly well in the mid East

[@101mrcrazyman]

hahaha ok

[@mr.g4272]

Now you're thinking. A normie will be like, " yeah ok derrr".

[@Dan0TheMano]

It is. Google “UN replacement migration.” I don’t know why people act like it’s some conspiracy theory or something, it’s literally right on the UN website.

[@noneshere]

There still isn't enough work for them . US isn't producing anything but global wars.

[@curtishottle4423]

We should all know why and it's all according to their plan

[@DJPTEXAS]

Exactly

[@cher_cher]

Thank you! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@user-ci2mn1oy3w]

I support their plan. There's 10x too many people for this Planet to give them all a decent living.

[@civilengineer3349]

Whats the plan?

[@marylou3995]

100% true

[@arieltorres1296]

People becoming lesbian and gay is also a factor

[@maam-yj8ph]

Lesbian and gay couples are more likely to foster and adopt than straight couples. The Christians need to step up on their caring for the fatherless orphans if they want to be taken seriously.

[@FazeParticles]

that's like 5% of the problem so a non factor.

[@ELIAB424]

​@FazeParticles 20% of gen z in USA identify as LGBTQ facts

[@arieltorres1296]

Even at 5% it's still a factor....your 2cents though...not a factor...lol

[@catrinaxoxo9153]

Many of those people, especially women, are still getting pregnant. You'd be surprised.

[@FlutterSwag]

if you cant buy a house how do you expect someone to raise a family?

[@oneperson5760]

Live in the house your family already bought years ago. The rest of the world isnt so uptight that they turn their nose up at multi-generational housing. Little ones dont need daycare and granny isnt lonely.

[@FlutterSwag]

@@oneperson5760 and what of those parent(s) that sold/ lost their home downsized because their children are grown and don't have/ want space for 3+ extra people

[@dougderubis648]

I think people underestimate the glory of having children.

[@mugandaje]

Or, and hear me out. Iit’s harder to raise and bring up children in 2024 than it has ever been (except the Bible days 😅)

[@user-ci2mn1oy3w]

ha, only if you have the CLEAR 50k per year, for 25 years (each) needed to pay for a nanny and later, private school, Less means the kid is not being properly prepped to have kids of his own. Not one person in 10 has the financial wherewithal to do that.

[@noneshere]

Why help a POS government like US has ? It's not worth having kids in the US unless your Amish.

[@oneperson5760]

Bullshit. You dont need a nanny nor that much money nor private school. Just a steady job and a good wife who will home school and take them to sports, scouting, field trips, etc.

[@meaty-bunny]

@@user-ci2mn1oy3wall of those things are unneeded. Another disinformation agent. Kids just need meat, which is not cheap but definitely cheaper than all the unneeded crap you believe is required.

[@shellysmith9353]

Three of our four children are not going to have their own children because they say they can’t afford children.

[@crown-iq2yz]

They seem to miss an important point. Today's foods are over processed, plasticised and hormone injected. Plus with an increasing dependence on tech and stress levels, the ability to conceive easily has reduced drastically.

[@shanananabooboo]

That definitely contributes. But when "fertility rates" is calculated, they don't literally mean how many people are capable of conceiving. They are speaking about how many people are actually conceiving. People can't afford to have large families so they aren't. And feminism has definitely impacted family values. Women often dictate the size of a family, since she's the one carrying. And women are participating in the worl force more and therfore want smaller families.

[@pearlsstephen]

Inflation is far more harmful to individuals than a collapsing stock or property market because it directly affects people's cost of living, which they immediately feel. It is not surprising that the current market sentiment is extremely pessimistic. In today's economy, assistance is critical if we are to survive.Thanks to Laura Ferguson the lady you recommended me to...

[@MelissaBulawin]

That's awesome I know nothing about investment and I'm keen on getting started. What are the strategy?

[@LCurley]

I'll advise you to work with a financial advisor....Building a good investment portfolio is more complex so I would recommend you seek

[@MichaelWill-tc6oz]

Wow. You know Laura Ferguson too? I thought I'm the only one she has helped work through the fears and falls of the forest. Her training last week was amazing and the strategy she applied were mind blown

[@juliakinney]

I'm surprised you also trade with Laura Ferguson, she's the best at what she he does. At first i was afraid too before i gave it a try and realized fear kills dream more than failure.

[@LibyanHagrieve]

the inflation has taught people the important of multiples income. I feel really bad for those who are not in position to pay up their basics needs.

[@kathimwhite]

There are so many "kids" in their 30's completely clueless about how to do life.

[@helenatenenbaum3580]

1. Culture 2. Food / water - hormones from pills find their way into our bodies 3. Sperm count is down by half

[@spencerhon4430]

I wanna know where people get the, "It costs $250k to raise a kid." stat. I have 3 between 12 and 6 and they don't cost that much and I HIGHLY doubt I'll spend that much on all of them combined before they all move out of my house 😅 Not every kid needs their own tablet, room, phone, college fund, car, etc. I had to pay for all the extra stuff that I wanted growing up and so will my kids once they're old enough. It's just not that bad.

[@oneperson5760]

Kids are simply not that expensive. I didnt save a penny for college. I expected them to study hard and make good grades, and thats exactly what they did. They earned scholarships. No problem.

[@christiancsq]

From birth to 18. Approx. One thousand a month per child between food, clothing & whatever necessities

[@aa5aysyzustuuzyz162]

That 250k stat is from 2017 a more recent stat from 2022 from the Institute of Family Studies due to the rise of inflation its now 310,605 per child from birth to 18yrs old in America and slightly less in the UK that would most probably include college fees..

[@steveb6008]

Yeah but you could then on a summer job....now...you cant

[@spencerhon4430]

@@aa5aysyzustuuzyz162 That's insanity 😅 My kids are paying their way to college or getting a scholarship. I don't know anyone that actually had their parents pay for their college tuition, I always thought that was only in movies and TV shows, haha!

[@sudoym3484]

This has been happening forever. There’s no solution. Economic factors are not it, people in the poorest countries have the most children.

[@JS-jh4cy]

Wait until they come to Canada and suddenly they stop having babies

[@dootdoot1867]

explain the Boomer generation out of the West?!

[@billybatts8283]

Because it costs nothing to live

[@BlackDub21]

@@billybatts8283you should get out the house more often

[@dazo8671]

Do some research and find out who r doing well in those poor countries

[@blessedandrich]

Wow either these dudes are out of touch with this one, or they are completely dismissing a HUGE portion of the population that can’t afford to “do what they want” WITHOUT kids. The comments definitely passed the vibe check 😏

[@moneybagz856]

Having multiple children in the US today can put you in bankruptcy if you aren't well off financially. The economy and cost of living play a huge factor.

[@LNGops]

We’re doing our part. I support my family and we’re doing well. No help from anyone. We have 8.

[@CharlotteFerrariBreton]

Do you travel? Are you able to send them to college debt free? Can you really provide good medical and dental healthcare? Or will your kids teeth fall out by age 20? If not, you should not be having children and CPS should pay you a visit.

[@topicalstormofficial]

Good lord…

[@LNGops]

@@CharlotteFerrariBreton I make 300k+ have full insurance and we take 2 vacations a year . My kids eat waygu 2-3 times a month. We live in a gated neighborhood. This is none of your business. I can send them to college if it is the path they are on but it isn’t necessary. I didn’t go and I’m way better off than my friends that did. You sound like a miserable person, I feel sorry for the people in your life.

[@LNGops]

@@CharlotteFerrariBreton a lot of assumptions there. I’m in the top 5 percent of earners for the US. Is it your life’s mission to disparage people with more than 1.94 kids? If so, you should get a life.

[@CharlotteFerrariBreton]

@LNGops Maybe you should get a life. You are nobody to force people to have kids especially those who cannot afford them. If you are having kids you cannot afford and bringing them into the world to suffer they shoudl be taken away from you period.

[@laturista1000]

Ladies want cute handbags, puppies, not babies.

[@paodbdauw]

omg your funny haha

[@olivertwist1239]

Feminism is an enormous factor. My wife was a feminist when we met and wanted zero kids. I talked her out of that nonsense. My 6th child is due in August.

[@AustrianPainter14]

You just be packing and giving it to her good.

[@GentiluomoStraniero]

Feminism is part of that reproductive healthcare. In this case, it is mind control to achieve the goal of reducing birthrates and is an attack on the nuclear family. They think they are free and empowered....but we all know it is mind control.

[@ozzyOsburn777]

Congrats! Praying for a healthy kid & speedy recovery for your lady!

[@extremepsyche3135]

She does have all the power in the relationship though

[@c.f.okonta8815]

Good job 👍 bro

[@makeamericakateagain]

NOT everyone can afford children! 🙄🙄🙄😒😒😒

[@janelleg597]

Yet poor countries make it happen all the time. And if you have kids you FIGURE IT OUT. y'all have no grit. Just whine whine whine

[@makeamericakateagain]

@@janelleg597 That’s because they’re ignorant.

[@leontaecoleman3644]

rich people just want to control our children.they want our future children to be wage slaves.working for their companies.

[@destela8709]

I am a 36 year old woman with a 14 year old boy. I’ve been wanting to have another baby but inflation won’t let it happen. I have to work part time to help my husband with the bills. I would’ve wanted nothing more in this life than to be a stay at home mom raising many kids and it just hasn’t been possible 😢 every year that I’ve thought I could finally not work something happens, our mortgage goes up, bills go up, groceries, you name it. I know this has been done on purpose, the higher ups want to discourage people from having families and destroy the only purpose that’s God had for his people on earth wich was to be fruitful and multiply 😢

[@mbergamin16]

You sound like a nice woman and an awesome Mom, we need more of ya! Best of luck you two 🍻

[@extremepsyche3135]

"be fruitful and multiply" - this is the goal for every species on Earth and not just HomoSapiens

[@oneperson5760]

Hurry up and have your babies anyway while you still can. Y’all will find a way to care for them. Stop making excuses and just do it. Live more frugally. Sell your expensive things until you can make it on your husbands income alone.

[@AustrianPainter14]

No normal person says this. ‘I want another baby but inflation.’ Weirdo. Turn off cnn.

[@grovve8960]

Hang tight and believe in your family I made $178k last year and my wife still had to go to work part-time trust me things are so expensive no matter how much your husband makes you might still have to go to work

[@johny04071]

These dudes crying about the 'decline' of the family 'values' but none of them address the fact that people cannot afford to have kids nowadays... Reminds me of that principal Skinner meme..

[@leontaecoleman3644]

the rich just wants to control the poor.all about money and control.

[@elkoikan5993]

As someone who has only one kid it is definently not culture that is keeping us from having more kids. Money and time are the main issues!

[@MommaBirdd]

Currently pregnant with#5. If babies are a need in the US, wouldn’t mind monetary incentives from the government. Especially with inflation being so high.

[@oneperson5760]

The child tax credit is good.

[@arthrodea]

“Monetary incentives” from the government means you want us taxpayers to pay for you popping out kids. I’m sorry but we can’t afford to pay you when we are trillions in debt:

[@chloecigarroa9847]

I like the 25% mortgage forgiveness for every kid you have so that you're mortgage-free after 4 kids... would be amazing to have that here in the US of A

[@arthrodea]

@@chloecigarroa9847 You want the government to buy you a house???

[@JenniferoftheSea]

​@@arthrodeaConsidering the theft that is property taxes, I'd consider it, yes.

[@fernando-sl7qm]

It’s too damn expensive and what do our kids have in their future ? Country 45 trillion in debt ? Gunned down at school, terrible public education,

[@rafaelmartinez1893]

1) we can't afford families anymore 2) we live in a culture where having families is seen as a burden

[@LuisRodriguez-tm1ld]

I believe that in todays world having kids is not worth it unless you are very well off

[@ETAonTheEUC]

Isn't having children also a selfish act? I don't quite understand the saying that it's only the childless that are "selfish"

[@oneperson5760]

No. Having children is the opposite of selfish. In having children, you love somebody else more than yourself, you spend less time on you and more time on others. You make decisions less centered on you and more centered on others. Its all about selflessness. And theres no problem with having enough resources for everyone, because y’all arent having children, so there will be plenty for those who do have children. With falling population and birthrates, having children is a very good thing.

[@ETAonTheEUC]

@@oneperson5760 I think everything people do is selfish, even having kids. You have kids because you want kids. You care for kids because you want to care for kids. It's not to say selfishness is bad, but it's still a selfish thing. But to turn around and say someone else is selfish for not having kids is hypocritical because everything people do is for selfish reasons.

[@dreaminez472]

​@@oneperson5760Ah yes, we love them so much that we bring them into a world that is crumbling all around us so they can experience the stress, sickness, suffering, and death that invariably awaits all of them. How touching and enlightened.

[@oneperson5760]

@@dreaminez472 , a good parent can shelter children from the worst of things. Good parents always have. Life is not promised to be all daisies and butterflies and stress-free. For thousands of years, it was survival of the fittest, but now y'all just give up and don't even try to survive if your child might someday face a little bit of unpleasantness. It's not about being 'touching.' It's about being tough. It sounds like your idea of enlightened is to just give up and not even try, if conditions are any less than ideal. Fine by me. More room for my people to thrive.

[@paodbdauw]

@@oneperson5760 Alright, then talk about why is there so many abandoned children in the orphanage... 🤷🤷 So "selfless"

[@bigimportantman1544]

I think it’s just insanely hard for people in the lower-middle making $15-$25 per hour to survive these days. Kids are out of the question when you can’t even afford a studio apartment working full-time.

[@oneperson5760]

I know lots of lower income people having babies. You think kids are out of the question while low income people adapt and overcome and have children anyway.

[@arthrodea]

Because low income people qualify for welfare and food stamps. Middle class people don’t and struggle.

[@oglocbaby520]

@@oneperson5760 Yeah, I don't buy into this idea that it's all about money/finance. The overwhelming majority of people I know that are young(ish) and have a child or more are typically poor, lower wage earners, economically unstable, etc. Those that actually have careers or do well financially are NOT having children.

[@kherher3047]

​@@oneperson5760 I know a lot of low income families that have a lot of kids because they get handout/assistant from the government.

[@oneperson5760]

@@kherher3047 Doesn't matter. They're getting their lineage out there and they're not afraid of adversity. Meanwhile, wealthier people are too soft to breed unless their kid would be born into a cushy life.

[@wkwk9367]

You guys missed one big reason for decline in fertility: Women choosing career over family. That wasn’t the case prior to 1970’s.

[@jasonfromguitarcenter]

If You Ain’t Got No Money, You Cant Have Shit.

[@yellowmellow7748]

Women didn't have any choice back then

[@11rs11]

Good for them. And no shit it wasn't the case before 1970. They really had no other choice but to stay home and make babies, babies conceived with love and other conceived by abuse. Also, it was not a surprise many of them were miserable and hated being mothers, as is the case for both of my Grandmas.

[@jokerfeed839]

There was a study done though it was male fertility that has been down because of the foods we eat. All the plastics in our diet now.

[@davidlauer6434]

PBD, Thank You all for creating the space to have the conversations needed in our society today. 🙏 ❤🙏

[@smacctubetv4154]

My success rate for sex is near 1 to 150 approaches roughly maybe 2 to 250. I aint no brad pritt or ocho cinco but damn its rough these days😅

[@BrianCheng24]

Brad Pitt or Ocho Cinco, lmao

[@djzrobzombie2813]

Go to Pattaya Thailand everyone becomes Brad Pitt here

[@BrentRichards-vp1cg]

Babies are born enough. Humans continue to 3200ad

[@ChumWaffle]

The problem is which races are having a population boom and which ones are declining. Asians and whites are declining while Africa has exploded. Not all races are the same.

[@SWOTHDRA]

​@@ChumWaffleYou mean India has exploded. The whole continent of Africa has about 800 million people. India is a country, not a continent, 1 country with not so much diversity in genepool amongst them and they are with 1.6 BILLION people......and they are not stopping ,Imagine if the whole world looked like them....🥴 ate like them, talked like them.....are they the best we as a worls have to offer? Or the chinese with 1.5 billion and their bad eyesight and not atlethic bodies........cmon now stop hatin and stop fearing africans and see what really is going on

[@djzrobzombie2813]

​@@ChumWaffleare humans are from Africa.... Or do you believe in that Adam and eve story

[@ChumWaffle]

@djzrobzombie2813 Your response is proof enough that there's distinguishable characteristics in each human. Whether we all originated from Africa or not is irrelevant. Do a Google search for the top most notable inventions. Realize that most of those people are of European descent, not people from Africa. That's going to be a huge problem for not just whites in the future, but for all of mankind.

[@dingus6317]

@@djzrobzombie2813I don’t believe we are the same as Africans

[@th5579]

Money has always been a problem. It’s a lie from hell. Have kids, be blessed and you will be fine.

[@connorevans5056]

A lot of younger people are also more pessimistic about the future. I hear the phrase “why would I bring a kid into this world” pretty often.

[@luckydiamonds5]

Well in my experience I don't want kids because I had to take care of my siblings. At a very young age, about 9yrs old, I knew I didn't want kids. I saw how my parents struggled and the cost of raising kids. I just want peace to myself I've taken care of kids since I was 9. It's not for me.

[@iamkesha.]

Well, when one major political party most important campaign issue is abortion, this happens.

[@caszie18]

Thank you VINNIE!!! You are the only one talking the real!!!

[@devilmaycry9969]

Most people I know that have children are really struggling. I do not envy them at all. Most started asking their parents for money and shelter because how bad inflation and taxes have become.

[@natalieespinoza900]

As a women in her early 40s, I never wanted kids unless I had the right man, I felt like I wanted to create one with married. It's more of a spiritual choice I made as a little girl and spoke to the Universe about those things. I am open to the possibilities that still exist until the clock stops and have always left the adoption door open. Loving children ❤️ has never been a problem. As a godmother of 3, I feel like for some women, it's a deeper reason not to procreate. There is a spiritual shift happening for all humans, so I know in proficiency We as One will down size. Alot more souls going home then coming in ...

[@janelleg597]

Yall are nuts...the "universe" isn't conscious.

[@privateinfo1711]

One issue is that women will work on their career but be unable to have a baby once their careers are established because they're older.

[@j.davila4523]

Yup, biology

[@justmyopiniongirl4798]

Bunch of old guys loosing their minds….

[@boxingproff7627]

Bringing a child into this world without having the means to adequately provide and care for a child is cruel.

[@WeOnlyEatSoup]

My generation is terrified of responsibilities

[@KangTheDigitalNomadGlobeTreker]

Mortally terrified which will make them live long consumers that's hoarding times a thousand Start elderly related companies fast ⏩😁😁😁

[@caderamsey8878]

Let me guess, an old boomer told you that.

[@ChumWaffle]

Your generation has been royally screwed over by the boomers.

[@KangTheDigitalNomadGlobeTreker]

@@caderamsey8878 they are it's been this way since 2005 no one was paying attention

[@mbergamin16]

@@caderamsey8878 Why is it every young person online these days deflecting all thier hardships onto Boomers? And takes no initiative, responsibility or accountability? Every generation has had it more difficult than the ones that preceed it 🤷‍♂️ Sincerely, not a boomer.

[@donpuzo6201]

African countries have the highest birth rate. They’re the reason it’s still a little up globally. Average in Europe is like 1.5, Asia around 1.9. North Africa is around 2.2 average. Sub Saharan Africa average is about 5

[@AshleyJones-nu3jq]

Africa bearing Giant Dragons kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2G6nGWLjpyfb8ksi=pOfJ6yIhrK-hUdkM

[@KangTheDigitalNomadGlobeTreker]

So what those countries aren't and shouldn't be any of your concern

[@dootdoot1867]

what is Korea and Japan?

[@donpuzo6201]

@@dootdoot1867 Japan is about 1.2 and Korea 0.75

[@bzb8554]

@@KangTheDigitalNomadGlobeTreker what century are you from? Ever heard of globalization?

[@lizzyforevermore4]

Just last year men were saying woman having kids wedlock is the problem. Now alot if woman opt out of having kids, it's still a problematic. Pick a struggle

[@jamesroberts5450]

Well said Adam!

[@oskartheme5233]

Official statistics released today: New Zealand's fertility rate for year ended mar 2024 was *1.52,* down from 1.65 a year ago.

[@oneperson5760]

Im encouraging my children to be prolific, but first they need to find good spouses. Thats not easy to do.

[@JosiahHKing]

We have a serious problem with overpopulation. We need to reduce our global population by at least 80%.