Is the world population declining?

For decades, environmentalists warned us of the perils of overpopulating the planet. Today, it's quite the opposite. Birth rates are falling, countries are experiencing seismic demographic shifts, and, in some cases, populations have already begun shrinking. Just how dangerous are falling populations?
Our guests for this show:
Jennifer D.Sciubba
Author of 8 Billion and Counting and Demographic Security Analyst
Darrell Bricker
Global CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs
Paul Morland
Demographer and author of Tomorrow's People: The Future of Humanity in Ten Numbers.
Vicky Pryce
International Economist and Former UK Government Adviser
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[@txbre8758]

We don’t want to live in poverty and be wage slaves to the elites.

[@biashacker]

Exactly. That is all that is happening. The elites have no plans on making this world habitable for humanity. I will not let my kids be slaves for these psychopaths.

[@awesome8315]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@lovehemp4953]

Facts!

[@porkyrabbit]

The wolves are upset the Sheep won’t Reproduce

[@Erintii]

precisely, it is all about keeping poverty. It's all about control and spreading misery. Ppl want better lives and this goes with less or no kids.

[@jsward96]

@@ErintiiWhat makes you think we’ll have better lives when we’re too old to work, and there’s not enough young people to take care of us?

[@PatriciaLucious-ll2vm]

They can't no matter how hard they try.

[@lovehemp4953]

​@@ErintiiExactly! Look at how these greedy people treat us. They don't even give you time to raise your own children. They want you to just work!work!work! There is no incentive for us to bring more children in a world like this!

[@Erintii]

@@lovehemp4953 precisely. I am no parent and don't want to become one but parents need a time to bond with a newborn. Mothers should be praised and worshiped as they bring a new life. Being a parent is probably the most important job.

[@gregvanpaassen]

Who cares about "the global economy"? What matters is the wellbeing of people, not some abstract bogeyman.

[@jsward96]

People aren’t impacted by the “global economy”?

[@silentwilly2983]

@@jsward96 Let's give the provocative answer, no. Reality is that the fruits of the global economy are mostly gobbled up by the rich, the 1% or so. People are far more impacted by economic and welfare policy than the actual economy. Besides that, unlimited economic growth in a limited world is not sustainable. You may debate what level of economic wealth we should strife for, but at some point we have to say enough is enough. The larger the population, the lower that level is for a sustainable economy. We already consume well over the reproductive level of earth. Damaging the environment to have more economic wealth does not increase wellbeing.

[@runningfromabear8354]

​@@jsward96 People's lived experience have been unhitched from the global economy. We see the rich get richer and we get poorer. Global economy has lost all meaning for most of the planet. The waves no longer raise all ships.

[@CyesH-we6oo]

@@silentwilly2983 There is truth in your statement. Though, people should keep in mind that the current population decline is going to be extremely painful experience for all, but especially for the senior population. This will be the biggest pill we're going to have to swallow in the future.

[@jenniferparker7588]

I'm not going to pop out kids "for the economy." They can get bent.

[@pepealexandre8815]

Time, people need time to raise children. The 9 to 5 is the problem.

[@olefosshaug5565]

2 income families is the problem

[@CryptoKiwi]

2 income and no house affordability more like.​@@olefosshaug5565

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

​@@olefosshaug5565Capitalism is the problem. Capitalism is anti-human.

[@Iquey]

​@@olefosshaug5565men wanting all the control of everything is the problem.

[@olefosshaug5565]

@@Iquey In a one income family the men takes control of the income while the women takes control of the kids and household

[@pedrolopes3542]

Live standards rise when population falls gradually, so I am not worried.

[@joebidet2050]

Yep Good news Environmentalists should be rejoicing

[@natashadickson4819]

​@joebidet2050 Environmentalists are rejoicing but economists, not so much. 🙂

[@joebidet2050]

@@natashadickson4819 I prefer peaceful healthy lifestyle over material indulgences

[@michaelsmith473]

It won't be gradual.

[@natashadickson4819]

@@joebidet2050 Me too.

[@ahsaniqbal5084]

One word, Corporatism

[@nothereyetlost]

Noooo MEN

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

We live in a capitalist plutocracy. Our Masters get nervous when we stop pumping out more wage slaves for them to exploit.

[@Silver77cyn]

No, Capitalisim.

[@Hope-he8zj]

childfree and got my hysterectomy in 2023 you won't use my babies as cheap labor😙

[@anhangamirim]

I think just like you. They want us to be slaves!

[@Pikrodafni]

I took the pill for 30 years. Same effect. They wanted me to raise children on a miserable salary. I told them to bugger off. I can't be everywhere and do everything. Not even trying!

[@sugarbear333]

I pray 🙏🏻 this will be me soon, seeking one for endo and I just hope I find a Dr with a brain

[@sillyman382]

The population boom was an anomaly. The economy will adjust either way and it's about quality over quantity.

[@chriswatson1698]

Mothers are penniless. If a woman can be divorced against her will on no grounds at all, putting her into the poverty and increased labour of single parenthood, motherhood is untenable.

[@Aeternum_Gaming]

my ex wife has all my money, what are you talking about? she has my house, my car, women after divorce always make it out better than men. quit bullshitting

[@chriswatson1698]

@@Aeternum_Gaming You have earning power because you didn't care for your own babies.

[@kamalpreetsingh1686]

Unemployment, low wages and job uncertainty is biggest reason, people are afraid of having children......

[@anonimouse9410]

IDK I still feel like the environmentalists are right. Sure, birth rates are trending down, but eight billion is still way too many humans.

[@guruprasadf07]

People will look back and see this as a positive. Im from India and I want to see the birth rate drop even further.

[@venkat4167]

No this is not a good thing for the economy. India is the only country that is extremely populated.

[@Emptytopfloor]

@@venkat4167 it’s not good for the rich people. More people competing for jobs means employers will pay lesser wages thus lowering the living standards. It vastly benefits the employer than in does the workers. We need less workers to raise the standard of living.

[@hi-et1oq]

​@@venkat4167yeah you're right it's the most populated you should go visit India so you can see how people live

[@venkat4167]

@@Emptytopfloor no we need more qualified people and reducing population is not going to help the economy. If the economy is screwed up, everyone is screwed.

[@venkat4167]

@@hi-et1oq I am from India dude

[@kitwanaabraham560]

Why no discussion of the environmental factors affecting declining fertility rates by the panel? This is a shocking oversight. The onslaught of exposure to chemicals affecting hormones, which determine sperm quality and count in men and fertility in women, will be a major driver in this process as we go forward in this century.

[@peterbedford2610]

The Black Plaque took out a huge amount of people in a short time...yet here we are

[@Pikrodafni]

Dental plaque?

[@BridgetWalker-xu8sw]

If the meteor won't come, we might as well help our disappearance along.

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

Truth! 👍

[@user-ug1eo4xb7z]

If the developed countries want more babies they will have structure their economies around the people who have them, mainly women between the ages of 18 to 36.

[@sandycheeks1580]

Hey 👋🏽 We birth babies 36 and older too! Naturally with no IVF or surrogacy. My last pregnancy 🤰🏽was at 42. Twins! But I aborted because I already have 3 kids. I’d rather adopt than birth more people into this world.

[@user-em5wy8zx7o]

To all the men who talk about the importance of having more than 2 children, try asking their wives how hard it is to be pregnant for 9 months, and how hard it is to take care of children from the time they are born until they get married.

[@encahill]

World's population is predicted to peak at approx 9.5 billion in 2050 .. and will then drop precipitously by over 50% by 2100 with 50% of the population over the age of 60.

[@everythingisfine9988]

With all the wars and cut off food supplies, I'm pretty sure the global population will peak much sooner

[@jahmalbaptiste9915]

This is nightmarish...

[@Pikrodafni]

Population drop is already happening.

[@zomgoose]

Omg, consumerism will suffer 😢

[@user-ft5kh5um1r]

Capitalism will!

[@Daara92]

Yes especially the western countries, abortion, LGBTQ, contraceptives, sexualization of women

[@txbre8758]

I want everyone to look at the impact of the black plague on the workforce, it ended up well for the workers. We have a golden opportunity

[@user-dp5rx8ll2e]

A shrinking population will result in much lower housing costs and more job opportunities

[@sammy420_71]

In Africa theres not enough jobs to go around... Not enough schools. Alot of familys are single parent families so women have to have jobs or starve with their kids. The unemployment in South Africa is 60% its a biiiig problem.

[@PavanKumar-jd6xb]

Indian fertility rate decreased

[@jacqueslee2592]

It may be decreasing, but it is still enough to populate entire countries all over the world. India has enough population to send 100 million people to populate the entire countries of many European nations and India itself will not be affected if it loses this fraction of its population. The average European population is less than 100 million in most countries. There are countries that do not reach 50 million. Some Western countries are also dying off because there are too many elderly and not enough children and young adults having children. India is trying to send off its population globally so that it increases its soft power and has more influence and leverage in other countries just like the Chinese have done for a long time, sending their population to populate and infiltrate other country's society, institutions, businesses, military, and government in their favor.

[@chriswatson1698]

@@jacqueslee2592 And Indians are leaving India in droves, to invade other countries.

[@antinatalistwitch111]

Life is a major scam. The biggest one there is.

[@venkat4167]

Couldn’t agree more

[@bounty1402]

I'm in my forties, and a low birth rate means less people who could potentially replace me at work. Companies will treat me well and I won't be facing unemployment. On the other hand, I live in a country with public health care, therefore one day I'll need young workers to pay my pension. My point is, most of the immigrants who are coming here are uneducated and don't have the skills necessary to do my job. And my country is not rich enough to attract skilled people from a abroad. I'm being cynical on purpose, just to think about this matter.

[@petuniawigglebottom3392]

People have lives to live, and not all want to deal with taking on an 18 year inconvenient, often annoying gaol sentence. I got fixed at 19 because I didn't need that pointless garbage in my life. I also like my higher standard of living.

[@arktseytlin]

"The meek shall inherit the Earth"

[@91722854]

not the fertile? AGI if it ever becomes a reality, will be so meek we humans will barely notice

[@logbia7k608]

omg, no more wage slaves, elites panicking 🤣🤣

[@jamesmorton7881]

Our leaders are clueless. Demography is part of any economy. LOL. ❤❤

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

Our "leaders" are psychopaths.

[@arunkumarm9699]

All Unemployed people Boycott Marriage, Never Marry…!

[@spytechchronicles]

People were better off when population was 2 billion.

[@stephanieellison7834]

Well, the lady brings up AI into the picture. As an America having fled the country almost 6 years ago, this is what I'm afraid of: AI and its Impact on Society Oct 31, 2023, updated on April 11, 2024 We must ask ourselves, "What will happen when AI has taken 85% of jobs present in 2020? What will we do? How will we eat and survive without incomes from jobs or other means?" What is disturbing is that while AI is taking these jobs, the gov't and the corporations have not done ANYTHING to prepare us for an AI'ed civilization. They have not said anything about major retraining of an entire economy to something else, and they have not followed up on a discussion of universal basic income. This is supposedly supported by a lack of information in the latest government budgets submitted and approved as reported by some KZbin videos. It appears that the US gov't and the corporations intend to kill off the majority of Americans passively, through starvation from lack of income to buy food. (check and see if farming production is declining or will start to decline ahead of the "starvation phase") (also check to see if the "makeup" of robot equipment allocation would change to reflect a trend away from retail and services for the masses, possibly indicating an extinction of the American public - this means taking a robot from Chipotle and repurposing it for some other job not related to the public, or scrapping affected robots to be remade for some other purpose that has nothing to do with the public) It appears that the decline of farming has already started with the state of Maine buying farm land under the pretext that there are "forever chemicals" present at around 20 parts per TRILLION (safe level is said to be only 4 parts per TRILLION), which does not make sense, BUT this would rope in a LOT of land across the US. Other states may follow suit in addition to the ten states that have similar laws in place. This way, there are only enough people alive to get some things done, and the rest is done by AI, and the survivors who planned this can claim the whole country for themselves. Imagine having an estate mansion half the size of a mall on several dozen thousand acres of land, and robots would be used to maintain and clean the estates and do the farming FOR THE ESTATE OWNERS. The White Man's wet dream of civilization. What will the Native Americans south of the US border do when they see this coming, especially when they can buy firearms legally now? Hopi prophecy...

[@scottburgan3347]

A lot of people are focussing on the overall population who think that it is only the total number being too high which is the problem. Yes, a large total population does put a strain on the environment through greater consumption. However, the biggest problem in the near future is that the age ratios in many of these countries will get misaligned. Many countries around the world will reach a situation where the number of retirees is not supported by a large enough number of workers. In most developed countries the largest portion of government expenditure goes towards helping to pay for retirement pensions and to pay for medical systems which are disproportionately used by the elderly. As the numbers of elderly increases relative to the number of workers/tax payers the economic strain on the workers increases. Governments will need to both raise taxes on those working while also raising the retirement age and cutting expenditure on the elderly in some way. It is also possible that the coming AI and robotic revolution will reduce some of the strain by making a lot of labour infinitely cheaper. The future will be interesting.

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

If I believed in God, I'd beg him to destroy us all with a 50-kilometer asteroid.

[@wisemanwalkingdowntheroad4275]

I see a world with only one billion people as a paradise. The only problem is the economics and elderly care issues along the way.

[@chriswatson1698]

I know a lot of elderly people. Few are in nursing homes. Children are unproductive. A young population has fewer of its citizens in the workforce that does an ageing population. It is a case of supporting the elderly instead of children and their mothers.

[@Skankhunt42-xl9fq]

The human population is only in decline here in the western world and in some parts of Asia such as China, Korea, and Japan as for the African continent that’s a different story because from what I’m seeing the human population in Africa is rising and growing.

[@jacqueslee2592]

I hope they do not take over other countries. It would be insane to see the cultural and ethnic identity of Europe and Japan suddenly be Indian and African. Well, maybe this is karma for Europe's colonial atrocities and enslavement.

[@indrinita]

You’re crazy, India’s population growth rate is decreasing as well. In fact, their birth rate is now below replacement.

[@jacqueslee2592]

@@indrinita It may be decreasing, but it is still enough to populate entire countries all over the world. India has enough population to send 100 million people to populate the entire countries of many European nations and India itself will not be affected if it loses this fraction of its population. The average European population is less than 100 million in most countries. There are countries that do not reach 50 million. Some Western countries are also dying off because there are too many elderly and not enough children and young adults having children. India is trying to send off its population globally so that it increases its soft power and has more influence and leverage in other countries just like the Chinese have done for a long time, sending their population to populate and infiltrate other country's society, institutions, businesses, military, and government in their favor.

[@kooalabeats5388]

@@jacqueslee2592 no country has enough power to send their people around if other governments don't allow it. look how poland doesn't allow it. truth is, historically this is how civilizations go thru cycles everywhere in world. countries need immigrants or in the longer run they'll lose out to other capitalistic countries. And their is no specific culture. i think you are thinking too much, import right kinda people who are civil. indians and africans are great. indians have contributed immensely to technology and medicine, there may be troubles but only in canada. we all know who's to blame for it. and same for africans. just be mindful in getting them because they are really hardworking. Not like how france did it.

[@hkonhelgesen]

The human population is in decline all over the world. Only African produce population growth. Because Africa is high on victory after decolonization. But they are not high on victory forever. The african fertility will crash.

[@bartman7144]

This poor planet’s population needs to shrink. Starting with the cultures remaining whos people overpopulate and can’t take care of themselves. Unfortunately, the more aid they get, the more kids they have.

[@Iquey]

The imperial core countries consume 20%-50% of the world's resources. Poor people have more children because they are poor. Aid should always come with birth control access and education to compete with the current day world, but alas the perverted religious missionaries always want to create more dependent believers.

[@chriswatson1698]

Since WWII, the world's population has tripled. Our earth has never had so many humans living so well. 'Living well' gobbles up the earth's resources at an unprecedented rate and our earth is not coping with our consumption and waste. Earth can provide a high living standard for a small population, or poverty for a large population.

[@ericaceous1652]

Wont somebody think of the gLoBAl ecOnOmY

[@JS-jh4cy]

Yes in 123 years from now

[@patryklas3k]

Reproduction makes sense only when you are attractive or rich, then your kids will be too. Otherwise it is cruelty.

[@zerotwo7319]

IF you reduced taxation and stopped social programs that require that taxation it would help a lot. Stop taxing consumption.

[@silentwilly2983]

A very one sided discussion focused on economy/power. Reality is that eternal population growth is not sustainable, we already use resources well beyond the reproductive capacity of earth. This has to go down, this can only be achieved by increased efficiency and/or declining population. Economic growth, though maybe needed to give decent living standards to the poor, only adds to the environmental problems. Redistribution of wealth may very well be a much better solution for that. With respect to economic growth, we should also have the discussion about how much is enough. Eternal growth in a limited world is not possible. With fewer people we can have higher living standards, so look at gdp/capita instead of gdp. AI creates the possibility that a lot of tasks can be fully automated, and consequently explode gpd/worker. Declining population isn't a big deal for the economy in such a world. I also miss futures prospects in the considerations to take kids, you just talk economics. From what I hear, not necessarily representative, most young people forego kids because they are fed all kinds of doom scenarios and feel they don't want to put kids in the world to live through the apocalypse.

[@maynnemillares]

You're an evil person if you choose to bring kids to our chaotic world full of hardships.

[@Iquey]

We have technology to share a lot of knowledge now. Even if you live in a poor country, maybe 1 out of every 15 people has a smartphone and can share a video with their neighbors and siblings and friends, about a woman in the West who is happy and child free. This inspires those girls to go to school and stay away from mean boys and creepy old men.

[@Aeternum_Gaming]

people like you are why birth rates are declining. men just want to feel loved. we want to feel appreciated. you know what my instincts are? to love, to protect, to provide. i want to love my wife, and kids. feminists have told me i am evil. we have desires too and people like you continuously demean, and insult us. enjoy being a 50 year old with cats

[@olefosshaug5565]

Housing cost is far too high in the Nordic countries

[@peopleofearth6250]

They're too high everywhere 😂

[@rsync9490]

@@peopleofearth6250 Tell governments to screw off and build your own houses.

[@peopleofearth6250]

@@rsync9490 On who's land?

[@rsync9490]

@@peopleofearth6250 buy some residential lots, plunk a trail3r if you have to.

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

​@rsync9490 Um, no. It's illegal to live in a trailer (or a tiny home) in most urban and suburban areas. They call living frugally "blight". That's just another way of saying, "Poor people can go to hell".

[@joebidet2050]

Not in philippines or Africa Kids everywhere

[@dominicyelin]

Islam

[@Joshua-eo5hr]

Good ​@@dominicyelin

[@dominicyelin]

@@Joshua-eo5hr nope.

[@dominicyelin]

Actually Filipinos are mostly Catholic, I think. And I'm perfectly cool with the African Christians too.

[@maynnemillares]

Birthrate of ph declined to 1.9, below replacement already. This is the PSA data.

[@mauriciohiure2192]

long term this isn't really a bad thing, the problem is the period where this transition finally ends, people that lives through it will definitely suffer economically and even socially tbh, especially if the country they live in choose to not bring in a lot of immigrants to "close the gap"

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

Considering the suffering that humans have caused to the millions of other species on this planet, I think we humans deserve to suffer.

[@PavanKumar-jd6xb]

Education, health,highcost of living, unemployment is also one of reasons to decrease population in India.

[@hkonhelgesen]

War, disease and famine always caused population decline in the past. Unemployment smash down fertility. In just the same way, that famine did in the past.

[@derek4412]

People are having fewer children primarily due to urbanization. Once you live in a town/city, it doesn’t feel like you “need“ children. Your life will be more or less the same, whether you have children or not. It’s basically a free-rider problem as it’s in everybody’s interest that somebody has kids, but it’s very expensive to be the one having them. I would be in favor of much greater government subsidy to families with children, paid for by slightly higher taxes on people without children. Theoretically, that should have an “evening out” effect where having kids will not be as expensive as not having them.

[@whitneyanders5945]

Ridiculous! Childfree people already pay for your kids via taxes. They do not get family tax benefits as you do with children. Why should they pay more? It is up to employers to offer better conditions and benefits to employees who have kids. Business should give parents lots more considering parents are raising the next generation of mindless consumers to consume their products.

[@derek4412]

@@whitneyanders5945 My children will pay far more into your social secuirty (assuming you live in the US) than they would ever get through your working-life tax dollars. In addition to that, we don't use public schools. And since we live in a state without school choice, I am responsible for the full cost of their education. This actually saves childfree people tax dollars because you'd have to pay more if we used more government resources. About 15% of children don't attend public schools.

[@blafonovision4342]

@@derek4412not true on Social Security. The Baby Boomers double paid on SS back in the 80’s and 90’s, both to pay for all those who retired before them, and to pay for their own retirement. Since that time SS has been retirement savings plan for every generation from the Baby Boomers going forward.

[@derek4412]

This would be news to me. Please explain what you mean about Boomers paying double. Are you implying they paid more than the 6% we all currently pay?

[@blafonovision4342]

@@derek4412 go look at Reagan’s 1982 SS “reform”

[@WeekendsOutsideFL]

For the good life that we see ideal in the developed world, earth can only support ~50 million people living that lifestyle without ushering in swift consequences that will usher in a sharp drop in population and lots of adversity. We have exceeded that by magnitudes. The next century will be challenging if not outright traumatic. Last I checked, God doesn’t provide violation of the laws of physics. But his earth is infinitely powerful in taking care of itself for the sake of life’s continuation.

[@PatriciaLucious-ll2vm]

The 400 yrs r up.

[@crazychicksheena]

😮😮😮

[@kshitijsaxena500]

Good debate

[@PavanKumar-jd6xb]

Two child policy following india.this is better to economics.

[@porkyrabbit]

India should include adding toilets to their policy. That country is a hole

[@jamesbarry1673]

Something new one ever ever thought of and the declining population is happening from first world nations like the United States all the way down to third world nations in sub-Sahar africa

[@user-ft5kh5um1r]

That's for good. Antinatalism is the future.

[@StephenYuan]

Malthus was wrong.

[@chriswatson1698]

No, Malthus was right. What has happened is that his warnings were heeded. His dire predictions didn't come to pass, because he was listened to, and people adjusted their fertility accordingly. A self-defeating prophecy.

[@anhangamirim]

We live in the human version of the Universe 25: The Mouse "Utopia" - it a nightmare.

[@6140LIBRA]

The Chinese have the best name for what the Oligarchs want more people for...harvesting.

[@Preciouspink]

Professional breeders are the solution. Particularly gifted adults could be offered a matching lifestyles and income equal to what they currently enjoy. Creative algorithmic Solutions to attract everyone equally without the specter of eugenics programs of the past.

[@Pikrodafni]

Brave New World. No, thank you!

[@rolfkrajewski4975]

Thank God 🙄

[@dariusalexandru9536]

Not global ,just the developed part .

[@hkonhelgesen]

Even worse in the undeveloped world.

[@whitneyanders5945]

Nope! Birth rates declining everywhere, except a few Muslim countries that no sane person would want to live in.

[@richardouvrier3078]

In Germany all the women get PhDs and once they’ve left university it is hard for them to get pregnant and they have become vinegary of temperament.

[@jacqueslee2592]

It may be decreasing, but it is still enough to populate entire countries all over the world. India has enough population to send 100 million people to populate the entire countries of many European nations and India itself will not be affected if it loses this fraction of its population. The average European population is less than 100 million in most countries. There are countries that do not reach 50 million. Some Western countries are also dying off because there are too many elderly and not enough children and young adults having children. India is trying to send off its population globally so that it increases its soft power and has more influence and leverage in other countries just like the Chinese have done for a long time, sending their population to populate and infiltrate other country's society, institutions, businesses, military, and government in their favor.

[@compassion333]

They get phds because they have to for a high income career. 1 income is not enough anymore unfortunately

[@bluemonty2184]

Cleaning ladies have the highest birth rates in Germany, followed by Supermaket employees. You don't a PhD to raise kids

[@bluemonty2184]

Cleaning ladies and Supermaket employees have the most Kids in Germany

[@whitneyanders5945]

Statistics don’t agree with you. Highest rates of fertility are in educated women these days. Very educated women are far more likely to have kids now than ever before. Just Google it.

[@shaman2762]

Indians definitely not declining!!😡😡

[@andrewchoi5808]

Keep Korea Japan China and other countries and nations safe 🙏 ❤

[@urimtefiki226]

When I finished my project in 2019 I was 46 then, I planned to have another child for our family, but no finance to support my family!..

[@Aeternum_Gaming]

Throughout my life, I've consistently heard from feminists that I'm evil, oppressive, and worthless. I'm 37 now. All I've ever desired is to have a loving stay-at-home wife whom I could care for, provide for, and protect while she raises our children. Yet, society repeatedly tells me that I am the embodiment of societal wrongs. You may wonder why birth rates are declining? It's because I understand that in a divorce, I stand to lose everything. Every man I know who has experienced divorce has lost virtually all they possess. Ask me again why birth rates are declining. My income remains stagnant since 2009, while rent has skyrocketed by thousands. Ask me again why birth rates are declining. Every zoo worldwide has proven that animals under stress do not reproduce. Humans are no different.

[@snakewarlock5291]

Good ❤

[@paulheydarian1281]

This is a good thing. This is exactly what the WEF wants.

[@skylinefever]

Just because I go childfree does not mean I will be happy to own nothing.

[@rohj4825]

We need protection of all humans life from moment of conception.

[@WeekendsOutsideFL]

A world where woman are seen as equivalent counterparts to men in the context of occupation is not an ideal setup if you want healthy family development and freedom from outrageous childcare costs. It doesn’t matter if it’s fair. There needs to be a spouse at home to care for the children.

[@user-on5dl9hc2z]

Woman don't need no man ... Mens response no more humans.

[@jacqueslee2592]

I hope they do not take over other countries. It would be insane to see the cultural and ethnic identity of Europe and Japan suddenly be Indian and African. Well, maybe this is karma for Europe's colonial atrocities and enslavement.

[@Gorgina010]

Ugh. That sounds like US-American racist mindset. Reality: Europe has 50+ countries and if I remember it right, only 7 of them were colonial powers. Who did e.g. Iceland or Czech Republic or Bulgaria or Belarus colonize and enslave?

[@jacqueslee2592]

@@Gorgina010 Yes, but majority are going to Western Europe, not Eastern Europe or Iceland. Not really racist. Many of the countries from which they come from is far racist than Europe. India and Africa are religious and ethnic extremists compared to Western Europe. These countries are more tribal on ethnic and religious basis and do exclude migrants and also engage in pogroms. In India, the Hindu extremists terrorize other ethnic groups. Africa has countless wars as well.

[@dariusalexandru9536]

Indians acted worse towards each other long before europeans arrived

[@whitneyanders5945]

Japan will be ok as they are not open (borders or their hearts and minds) to immigrants. Australia will take them all though! We have 30% of our population born overseas. The Indians are coming in droves.

[@venkat4167]

No, all these people from India and Africa are still slaves to white people. White guy is the boss in the end.

[@grahamashe9715]

How do you slow population growth across any and all cultures without anyone even realising it? Empower women (even to the point of absurdity) but say it’s about “equality”. That’s what the Malthusian elites have set in motion since the 1960s. Many other measures too, but mainly that.

[@CaptainMir]

No one brought up faminism and social media as the leading cause of changing social norms Women today don't want to be like there mother They want freedom and career And Men don't have balls to say No

[@Emptytopfloor]

These aren’t real issues

[@andreasmith3638]

Men don’t run nothing

[@anhangamirim]

Are you implying that men must grape women and force childbearing? Are you a rat?

[@coppercoloredlibra]

You can force women to have kids that won’t work even in anti abortion states the birth rate has dropped even more. . We are humans and this is part of the problem in why women don’t want to have kids anymore.

[@Fleeglebutt]

It's the population of productive people which is the issue; not the total population.

[@ReturnOfTheJ.D.]

Exactly - there's enough people, just not enough of working and breeding age relative to the non-working and non-breeding.

[@peopleofearth6250]

Be more productive then.

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