"Nobody's Having Kids" - Bryan Callen Blames Low Birth Rates For KILLING Traditional Culture

The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows another drop to a historical low.
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[@nicholasnoriega1205]

Two main reasons for this. Economy & Social Media. No one can afford kids. Back in the day as a man if I was working in the 50’s I could work a simple job like warehouse or retail and own a home support my stay at home wife and 2 kids and a dog. Now both the man and woman work 40-60 Hrs a week and split the bills on a one bedroom apartment and are barely scraping by and not even spending time with each other. And social media open the dating world to a global dating market. Now all girls want a 6ft plsu man (even if they are 4ft 10in) and want six figures and awesome looks because they get thousands of dms. The average guy is getting absolutely screwed.

[@mogznwaz]

That was back when there were a LOT fewer people

[@tlm1593]

I’ll take the average guy any day. Height doesn’t make the man, and neither do good looks. That goes for women as well. A person’s character far exceeds the veneer.

[@workingshlub8861]

economy and the fact woman can destroy a mans life on a whim.....to risky

[@jimsta06]

Life summed up perfectly

[@jasonwolfe1318]

The change was when they delinked from the gold standard. Productivity advances until this time increased the standard of living. Then the government borrowed to send money overseas for corruption and to make politicians rich. Google 1972 productivity v standard or living and look at the graphs

[@joshortega2231]

This was their plan from the start.

[@L33Reacts]

Bingo. "They've" been talking about depopulation for decades now 😅

[@Executi0ner246]

Their? You mean Jews?

[@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov]

Maybe they're trying to save us from A.I replacing every good thing in this world because less children = less consumers. And A.I, like a lot of technology, needs the eyes and ears of children.

[@AB_223]

@@L33ReactsHow does depopulation work if they are purposely importing people who have much higher birth rates?

[@dmx1721]

@@AB_223 it's a 2 fold plan , just look at sweeden and germeny .

[@user-sl4dw3js6y]

having a kid is more expensive to day than majority of the population can bear, simple as that, the politician who are shouting about low birth rate are doing nothing to reduce the cost of living

[@edheldude]

So how much does a kid cost exactly?

[@albuquerquehotspot7835]

It’s not as simple as that and the fact you think it is just that is part of the problem.

[@albuquerquehotspot7835]

It’s a breakdown in traditional values, the rise of secularist society and lack of religion, the feminization of men along with women becoming more masculine, it’s hookup culture, it’s feminism and the rise of the boss babe, it’s the LGBTQIALMNOP community, and many other things. Quit trying to boil a complex human problem down to a single variable, you just make yourself look stupid.

[@paulpate2892]

​@edheldude studies say about 200k till they move out. I had 5. This is a real number.

[@martinlutherkingjr.5582]

@@edheldudeProbably 1 Bitcoin

[@ownthispwn]

Old people who fucked the country up complaining that people aren’t having kids 🤣🤣

[@suezcontours6653]

Karma

[@ridenfish39]

Ummm. Because most people can’t afford them.

[@drakethesnek6429]

Nonsensical. Most people with the highest BR in the world are poor.

[@TheSilverGate]

​​@@drakethesnek6429 so raise kids in poverty and go with the flow like if you were brainded? You are genius

[@Gabrielclair613]

No because they divided us and swapped gender roles

[@Anthonyalt]

​@@drakethesnek6429 I wonder what the statistics are for malnourished children in those countries.

[@drakethesnek6429]

@@TheSilverGate join the amish, genius. Or at the very least become mormon.

[@JumpJeho]

Don't worry, the people that should NOT be having kids are completely ignoring the fact they can't afford them.

[@miketheyunggod2534]

Really? Are you God? ARE YOU BUD!

[@lgb2024.]

@@miketheyunggod2534 calm down mikey

[@enviouslawn1665]

If you are married. Then just pop them out young and worry about it later. As long as you stay together and work to be better. Keep popping them kids.

[@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986]

@@enviouslawn1665intelligent people don’t just make brand new tiny dependent human beings and only then start worrying about how to look after them.

[@robertmanley2687]

Ilegals have five kids

[@suspicionofdeceit]

Obesity is out of control, nobody wants that.

[@chrishart8548]

The corporations. Selling what there eating. And the medical services are making a fortune.

[@kjwbr7745]

who would want bring kids in this screwed up world

[@Sheepwillbesheep]

All part of their plan

[@user-bj6xj4lx1r]

Migrant will replace you

[@toplaycool21]

So the Roman Empire, Holocaust, and other historical time periods were easier?

[@brianbrownell689]

Shine a new light into this dark world with every child you have

[@sergeilunev2244]

@@brianbrownell689 Not really.. You're just damning another soul to the same shaky, uncertain existence. You had luck, but he may have the most horrible life possible, and you wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

[@F510C]

Too expensive to get married, even way too expensive to raise kids.

[@carlossantiago5563]

Children?? With Inflation and higher rent prices. Not having kids if you can’t afford is the Responsible thing to do

[@sergeilunev2244]

The problem is, a person should seek ways to make kids. When you cannot afford rent - don't live/work where rent is high. If your country's inflation is too high - find a way to improve things for yourself, or change country. It is a question of what your personal targets are, and whether you want or not to pursue them.

[@inog3633]

Goving birth is expensive, child care is expensive, and everything is expensive.... why should people have kids..

[@DHEspana]

The countries which have subsidized daycare have higher birth rates. But PBD would call that communism

[@radiofreeurope]

@@DHEspanaeverything good is communism

[@whitneyanders5945]

Cause these old men say so!

[@Supermodel2020]

Nope. They are not having babies, just dogs and cats😢.

[@whitneyanders5945]

Oh well. You have loads of kids then if it makes you sad others are choosing dogs and cats. Go on.. start breeding. Be the change you want to see! Plenty of destitute Asian women who would love you to breed with them.

[@Lo-64937]

Nobody can even afford a house with ridiculous prices and ridiculous interest rate.

[@natemjonesd6264]

Most people don’t know how to raise kids

[@alexvagias5295]

That's true and its been that way for a long time. Parenting skills should be taught in Jr. and Sr. high school. Of course, if you teach young people effective parenting skills and what is involved, most (especially females) will choose not to have kids. Good for the environment, though.

[@TheRealTroubleShooter]

Gone are the days where a women's shoe salesman can support a wife, 2 kids and a dog named Buck while living in a two story house. Shit is just too expensive, and getting more expensive, these days.

[@kjahmbanso]

Married with children was the good ole days 😂

[@ISpitHotFiyaa]

These days that guy would have to be running a company building custom closets or something just to survive. He'd have a hot Columbian wife though.

[@TheRealTroubleShooter]

@@ISpitHotFiyaa the changing times are hard to cope with sometimes, although i wouldnt blame a man for upgrading his job and his wife.

[@Trollkungen1]

Its only going to get worse... men are walking away from American women at a crazy rate!

[@shaneriggs6678]

That appears to be true, honestly our current culture has become too toxic to actually go back to normal any time soon

[@workingshlub8861]

@@shaneriggs6678 you run the risk of possible arrest and harassment charges you approach and she does not like you...remember "believe all woman"

[@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov]

I actually have encountered young women here in California who are conservative and can cook. This is ridiculous.

[@Trollkungen1]

@AleskyMaxomovishPeshkov yet over 40% of Gen Z doesn't want to date... men are walking away. That's the stats. No getting around it. Even marriage rates and folks having children have fallen dramatically.

[@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov]

@@Trollkungen1 Ok and even though I am pretty confident that I can find the girl I want, I still wouldn't want to get married and have kids not because I don't want to, I genuinely do, but the way the future is heading, I don't want to bring in someone and I can't protect them from everything. Like I don't want any future children of my own to live in a world where A.I makes all the music and art and not them. I want to have kids so I can turn them into something like musicians, composers and artists. Now it looks like I can't do that.

[@rhast57]

My husband and I have one child. She's 14. We would have liked to have another, but we could not safely afford it.

[@xiampiii]

Before the 90s you could afford a house and 2 kids on 1 earner working a mid job. How tf do you want people to have kids when you're paying 300 dollars for groceries working 2 full time jobs 💀

[@gabriellagelir2027]

I lived and worked in South Korea for 8 years as a university professor and the majority of the young adults in my classes said they were not getting married and not having children. When asked why, they said, " In Korea the youth are not taught how to interact with each other the way they are in the West. We go to school during the day and then attend after school, after school. The pressure of passing a national exam and getting into a good university places so much stress on us that all we think about is getting good grades.As a result, we do not know how to socialize with the opposite gender and we don't learn boundaries. The only model relationships we have are our parents and for most of us, dad is working until up to 2 a.m. and mom is home either unhappy or neglected but they stay together because divorce is shameful in our society and they'd rather their kids see two parents together, than one. Then we get older and go to university and by age 23 our families and society say, "Ok! Time to find a partner, marry and have babies!", but society forgets that we don't know each other. Even young girls are expected to be home by 10pm, again we are separated. Money is only a small reason why we don't want to get married or have kids. But a big part of it is because we don't know what a healthy relationship looks like, no one teaches us, we don't see examples of it in our family life. So it's not worth it."---- I....was...flooored!!!!!

[@glamrock7870]

This is the more sincere, unbiased and balanced explanation for this I ever heard and coming from experience

[@glamrock7870]

Wow 😮

[@MagickYoga]

Maybe more people are worried about single parent, broken home situations that they grew up in or around

[@thomasbeck5688]

Obsession with GDP= extinction. We deserve it.

[@mrrational2046]

These guys are so out of touch, the median salary in the USA is 50k

[@johnrotten3268]

exactly, more people don't have a bachelors and masters than do. Without that stuff good luck making above 100K.

[@user-oh2oh2nc7f]

facts!!!

[@debbiecreter2005]

@@johnrotten3268 The trades pay very well. There are also many associate degree programs that do too. Check into these degrees offered by community colleges. A woman I met who works at a community college said she and staff there were surprised at the number of people with 4 year degrees who were unable to get jobs in their degrees enrolling in their community college to get practical 2 year degrees that are marketable for jobs.

[@davidr9589]

Most states in the USA require a $200k/yr salary to support a family of 4. In California,Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts, New York, etc.. it's over $257k/yr.

[@FidgetyGuy]

Also, go back and look at the chart. We do not have a birth rate problem. We have a death rate problem.

[@BokeemWoodbeezy]

Generation Alpha about to have the best job market in history.

[@savagesweetheart90]

Nah, they want to be social media influencers not actual contributing members of society. Thank God I won't be leaving children behind when Gen Alpha is in charge 😂

[@TheMasterOfShadows]

Oh Big surprise, MASSIVE downturn because of the 2008 markets crash and everyone lost their jobs and it became less viable to have children. No wonder. All that money printing only helped the wealthy and the banks none of it got transferred to the people. No wage increases, just higher prices, cost of living skyrocket. Seems very familiar to current markets, more money printing, more inflation, less jobs, more people out of the rat race. This is not a people problem, this is a systemic issue with the system currently. The biggest flaws are coming to light and no one is talking a bout it enough. Pizza parties are not enough incentives anymore.

[@MrDew617]

This generation is going down the rabbit hole.

[@patgarrett9454]

So? lol what does it matter to you?

[@Vo0Do0o]

Nobody can afford anything. How the hell can people be expected to have children

[@jasong5913]

If Saharan Africans can do it, so can we.

[@albuquerquehotspot7835]

That literally has almost next to nothing to do with it. Quit thinking so shallow. The vast majority of American families were poor since its inception. Never stopped us before.

[@ramonmuniz4950]

@@jasong5913but there poor.

[@ramonmuniz4950]

@@albuquerquehotspot7835 okay so what's your advice for a 26 year old virgin like me?

[@albuquerquehotspot7835]

@@ramonmuniz4950 go to the gym, take free courses online, put down the video games. What you’re currently doing is not working but you’re not beyond hope yet man. Doing the same shit and expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity. You can and should better yourself every day. You can have whatever you want. I believe in you bruh 💪🏻

[@boostjunkie27]

No wife, no kids, no problems. 😂

[@Barcahernandez.]

Great mentality, trying to get used to it today.

[@AD24716]

Mix that with living a minimalist lifestyle and life is good

[@garawa1987]

A rich man is a man with no bills

[@LordRykard9376]

Better have good savings for whatever convalescent home you end up in.

[@markotoshich7676]

No job, no house, no car, no friends, no family... You can eliminate a lot of problems as you continue with a journey to oblivion...

[@davesrvchannel4717]

Having a kid sounds great until you hear stories of wives leaving for no good reason, just a change of heart and mind. Then the guy gets stuck paying child support and seeing his kids on weekends. Meanwhile some step dad raises your kid. No thanks!!!!

[@Meursault1093]

Welcome to the matrix

[@CertifiedTruthTV]

​@@Meursault1093 true

[@ilikevines]

It's still worth taking the risk...

[@jonathanmott7434]

​@@ilikevineshave fun

[@MrCubfan123]

Exactly

[@mannydavidcastillo1109]

Who in their right mind would have a kid nowadays?

[@olivur_1459]

not you

[@robertfrye3301]

Hunter Biden is having kids.

[@Wbharrington]

It cost a freaking fortune to have a kid unless you’re on government subsidies

[@DNOAlbert]

Not is not about abortion is about affordability

[@matweezy1760]

I’m worried what the future holds for humanity, i worry about what my child would have to live through

[@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov]

Exactly. Like A.I for example. No child should have to live in a world where A.I makes all the music and art, not humans, and where the only friends and relationships they will ever have will be with robots, not other human beings.

[@buildthewallwiththewoke6196]

The lack of kids isn't killing the culture in my neighborhood. The importation of thousands of people who don't speak a single word of English is.

[@bachateroforju]

Those people are doing that because there’s a lack of kids in your neighborhood.

[@CoolMyron]

@@bachateroforju i believe its because the government is importing them, which is not required

[@jeanniejooni3474]

Exactly 💯

[@Supermodel2020]

I second that. Not a word of English and NOT willing ro learn or be assimilated.

[@adrianrodriguez2378]

Idiot that’s because of the lack of kids 😂😂😂😂 so yes the lack of kids is killing your culture. It’s really that simple. It’s happening in a lot of places. Where the culture is being torn apart because they have to bring in people from the outside to come in and work

[@Adrian-X1]

I have a 5 year old son. My wife and I are DONE! Expensive and too much sh*t to worry about as far as outside distractions to f**k with kids minds.

[@robertfrye3301]

Hunter Biden is having kids.

[@user-li1gp2jw8k]

Agreed 1 is ideal and two should be the limit in this day and age

[@itsrelativ3967]

That's the problem I'm having. Mine and my wife's selfish boomer relatives want to continue having a BIG FAMILY since they are getting older in their mid to late 60s. We're exhausted and can only deal with the only child we have that just turned 7. Sunday is the only day that we can sit in the house and enjoy each other's company all day.

[@tbc9096]

I don’t want kids. Plain and simple

[@Chill23134]

I’m 28 years old and the main reason why we’re not settling down and having families is because we can’t fucking afford it.. on top of that the dating culture out here is horrible, the women out here just aren’t cutting out.. my generation is cooked!

[@suspicionofdeceit]

The obesity is out of control

[@mattlol163]

Speak for urself. There are PLENTY of single parents making it. Im a single father of 2.... 10 n 13 year old. Im 33. Stop making excuses.

[@synergygaming65]

@@mattlol163 Define making it. I'm a year older than you in Canada and my salary broke 100k last year; I couldn't afford those two kids and a house, so.. and I would love to retire one day so NOT saving money into my investment account is not an option and having to spend ~$20,000 a year for two kids completely prevents that. That retirement account also benefits them when I pass on, it's also for them. Plus, mother fuckers have children for the sake of having them because "that's life" which is a profoundly retarded reason which seems to be a common sentiment around here.

[@erikhantariq1913]

@@mattlol163you gonna force us to have children buddy? If so you might want to say goodbye to your kids. No excuse

[@sergeilunev2244]

@@mattlol163 Why did you do that to yourself?

[@harrisontorres5025]

Who wants to have kids when we can barely even afford rent?!

[@edisonalbertelrington6211]

No having kids in America is like walking a tight rope one slip and you're done.

[@sergeilunev2244]

Not from America, but feel ya. When you exist, feeling a hand that is ready to slip out your wallet out of your pocket literally tomorrow, and you can't do anything about it, it wears down on you, man. You just want to get away and lock yourself out from all that craziness.

[@justinsanders5144]

Yep older ppl now are having to leave retirement and go back to work

[@eljuancho2]

Wife material is non existent in the USA.

[@miketheyunggod2534]

Too many lazy millennials still living at home.

[@michellefiery739]

Then why are people still getting married in the USA and Canada? Non existent is a false statement.

[@FarmerSarducci]

You are 100% right.

[@ryanonline4817]

1. Brainwash women into feminism 2. Women become unmarriageable 3. Birth rate collapse 4. Society and culture collapses. If you want to collapse a society, you put all your energy into funding radical feminism and indoctrinating the women in the universities. This is why Soros gives so much money to these 3rd wave feminists and college campuses.

[@lanwish]

Oh yeah, sure you are a jackpot

[@petercolp]

I watched as my mother divorced my father and took the house he built away from him. My sister and I suffered. I knew hunger for the first time in my life. Not going through that again and dont want to have any children go through it.

[@skyzar4141]

These days we rely more on the governments to protect us instead of us protecting ourselves

[@Enzo575]

Sad individuals.

[@matthewmcclary7855]

A test study done on 54 dogs and 24 men, they found that every one of them had micro plastics in their testicles, damaging birth rates. We have killed ourselves off.

[@maam-yj8ph]

Well soon the plastic fantastic people can start mooning AI.

[@matthewmcclary7855]

@@maam-yj8ph 😂😂

[@danschaefer4385]

its hard having kids. Its so expensive and hard to keep them safe with social media and everything i have 3 teenagers i make good money and im struggling to keep my head above the water have since they was born every time i thought things was getting better something knocks you back down.

[@BDTigers1998]

There is no way I will have kids in this day and age where the economy is crumbling and most of the people are working pay check to pay check. We already have enough people on this planet.

[@sergeilunev2244]

Many people don't realize that their big spends are actually the result of convenience - being close to a big city, being close to "common goods", being close to nice technology, nice medical centers, nice schools, nice food and etc. When you are ready to give up some of that(not everything. Not telling to go off grid. Just give up some of that), you'll see that your paycheck is actually enough for a decent living, as long as you're ready to hire certain.. "new skills", and change your life style somewhat.

[@Brolezkae2011]

We need to have MORE kids..... can't leave it up to the lefties to make a change. It will be our kids who make the difference in this world.

[@rjfiestast2627]

I work as a guard in a prison and I can attest to the fact that I’ve seen some men build insanely impressive physiques eating ramen and other garbage foods. It just doesn’t make sense.

[@radiofreeurope]

It’s the situation they’re in youre saying

[@seancharlebois6220]

What prison 😊

[@rjfiestast2627]

@@radiofreeurope yes, I think there’s something to that theory.

[@rjfiestast2627]

@@seancharlebois6220 SCI Waymart. Pennsylvania department of corrections

[@beddythecorgi4269]

If Adam is considered the modern desirable male candidate you find out there.... Are you guys surprised women have gone off men? The world is not ready for mini me Adams. One is already too many.

[@JustSavwill]

It’s too expensive to live. You need to make over 100k-200k plus to be stable enough to afford them.

[@MAYHAM-ze8bo]

Too expensive by design

[@sacramentolynnie]

No more slaves being born to this hamster cage life we have... It's a horrible life anymore.. Toxic everything...

[@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov]

Yeah but Patrick Bet Davis uses A.I "art" incessantly for his videos so obviously he doesn't care about THAT. He's afraid about "declining birth rates" because he wants more consumers, not creators. Leave the creating to the machines, Patrick says.

[@Joshua-eo5hr]

Not Me I'm having kids and my kids will inherit the earth

[@brianbrownell689]

Weak shit

[@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov]

@@Joshua-eo5hr Not with A.I they won't.

[@Joshua-eo5hr]

@@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov I'm a transhumanist so yes they will

[@passivelyasking4825]

Some people simply just don't want to have em. 🤷‍♀️

[@patrickbergeron332]

Man, these guys are not the sharpest tools in the shed. the main reason women are not having kids anymore is because it's to expensive. In 1950 a man with one income could buy a house, a car and feed his family of 5 or 6. The wife didn't had to go work because life was affordable. Today just giving birth at the hospital comes with a price tag of 30K. Unions were powerful and the after war economic boom was pushing the wages up...yes it was creating inflation but when the wages fallows...inflation is not a big deal.

[@CloudNinja92]

How do you expect young men to have children with feminist 304s amidst growing inflation?

[@PaullHutchh]

Women are literally saying "I hate men" verbatim... In what world are we suppose to date marry these women?

[@nancydrew1102]

lol cheese cake lady came to mind ... He was a Jem .

[@mattlol163]

Have kids.... then take them to court AFTER proving they drink, party, do drugs, n are bad mothers. Or find a women worth being a mother to ur children...... there are ALOT out there.... only about 65% are 304 thots....

[@Fatima-kp8hi]

Womp womp we don’t want to sleep with you 😂

[@CloudNinja92]

@@Fatima-kp8hi fine with me 🤷‍♂️

[@tylerk3616]

A lot of people are having trouble conceiving today. We are full of toxins, fertility clinics are beyond capacity.

[@ca11medeemoney]

Idk my homegirl get knocked up every other year

[@mariabrown6926]

And vaxxed up the wazoo

[@noorgaarddamsgaard9866]

People are having trouble conceiving bcos they're trying to conceive at 40, not plastics. People are supposed to have kids young. Male and females begin to make reproductive cells at puberty, but we choose to wait decades to use them

[@everlyeverly3090]

This, both men and women have fertility issues today and have a hard time getting pregnant.

[@erikhantariq1913]

@@ca11medeemoneyshe’s one person out of 300 million

[@alexvagias5295]

Society is going through a psychological evolution/maturing process. A lot of people are starting to get in touch with their internal anxieties. As such, they feel "Im not comfortable with myself. I'm in no condition to raise someone else."

[@madmedic7840]

Regression isn't maturation.

[@alexvagias5295]

@@madmedic7840 Self-awareness and honesty are a big part of maturation. It's good for people when know their limitations.

[@LIQUIDSNAKEz28]

AMEN.

[@iamwill89]

I have a dog and can barely afford him…I can’t imagine what having a kid costs nowadays.

[@Nitinhamal1993]

Why don’t you have 1000 kids and let other who don’t want kids live their life.

[@mastersplinter666]

35 guy without kids. I'd have them but I can't afford them. In addition, the uncertainty of America and the middle class is what's holding me back. It's that simple.

[@DonesdeMotivacion]

You can afford th, you just don’t want to give up on consumerism

[@DonesdeMotivacion]

Plus you can’t have them alone, you needed a wife for that

[@TheShaolin015]

What’s that movie with Matt Damon where the poor live on earth and the rich live in space? Elysium!….that’s our future.

[@KC-lg8qf]

Correct

[@ceeceeh6484]

Bringing in new people won't solve the problem 😅. It's been done for centuries and here we still are.

[@whitneyanders5945]

Exactly! What problems has humanity fixed due to an ever increasing population? War? No! Famine?no! Cancer? No! Habitat destruction?no! Kids getting shot dead at school? No! Traffic jams? No!

[@victorblock3421]

Government is the problem. End 80% + of govt spending. Send the money back to the people.

[@snoopysnoops007]

You want us to have kids yet housing costs, rent and inflation is stratospheric!! Those who say we should have more kids should do the right thing and DO IT THEMSELVES. There should be a proportional birthing rate for how much income you make. Then you'll realise the problem is concentration of wealth with the top 10%

[@anniewaraich6312]

But the 10% need people to serve them (being sarcastic here) and they would rather those people be from their own race

[@savagesweetheart90]

🙌🏻 These men live in a fantasy bubble

[@carl1095]

Would like to see the number of births within marriage vs outside of marriage. Wonder if the latter have overtaken births within marriage.

[@kotenoklelu3471]

It's not that bad yet, judging by amount of single parent households but it's getting close to it

[@lowflat4116]

It also takes a community to raise a family and sadly we've lost our sense of community among all the reasons mentioned.

[@av64760]

Maybe its harder to have kids due to high estrogen low testosterone in men(due to processed foods) and increased stress levels in women. Just like hens, a rooster wont mate with the chickens until the chickens are in a comfortable environment.

[@Anthonyalt]

It's has everything to do with the cost of living. It's immoral to bring a child into a world you can not monetarily provide for. The child is who will reap those transgressions, being raised in an unfit household.

[@bachateroforju]

Making abortion cool doesn’t make it any easier either.

[@poisoninthemwaters3422]

Maybe its harder to have kids cause most men dont wana give up half their belongings to an evil feminist who wants to be a stronng independant womannns.

[@Rhiorrha]

Nobody in their Prime reproducing years is having trouble having babies. The problem is the women in their Prime reproducing years are having multiple abortions and staying single, then in their 40s they try to lock down a man and start a family, but they have trouble getting pregnant because they are now nearly too old to conceive. All these studies are just trying to distract from societal issues of easy abortions being used as birth control, as well as damage from the ouchies, when it was found that the spikes they make you generate CONCENTRATE in the uterus lining, making it super-hard for eggs to attach.

[@MrEddieEvo]

This panel is lacking so much insight.

[@timothybogle1461]

I love how they don't mention the economy at all. People aren't optimistic about the future especially the economy thus aren't having kids If PBD actually cared about this issue he would be leading the charge to make it easier to have kids in the professional environment. Two things that make this easier for dual working parents. - Paid maternity leave. - Flexible working environments including remote. The latter he definitely is against.

[@johnne86sd]

People want to blame the economy, but it's not. It's all social. The economy would naturally adjust to an economy with more families. The status quo sets the standards and rules for that point in time. If there's more families, everything else in society would adjust to that. Kids, families, are just not in people's values right now. They are afraid to miss out on what they see in social media, afraid to make "less" money. We live in a society focused on vacationing, dining out, etc... It's all visible on social media. That life benefits business and Corporations, not humans. Having a family is the best and most normal thing humans can do.

[@robertmanley2687]

Recent generations can't afford kids.

[@Crusader1984]

It doesn’t matter are you willing to sacrifice your bloodline because you can’t afford them? I couldn’t either and still had them survival of the fittest. My DNA will continue and yours will not.

[@LIQUIDSNAKEz28]

@@Crusader1984 In a few billion years, the sun will explode and your "DNA" will be wiped out for *ETERNITY.* 😂 Unless you believe that you're going to reincarnate within your "bl00dl!ne," there's literally *NO* reason to care.

[@ICantRecognizeCelebrities]

​@@Crusader1984 Why do bloodlines matter, though? When you die, you won't somehow live on because you have descendants. You’ll be just as dead as everyone else

[@tamarasky2043]

These people are clearly tone deaf, who wants to have kids when you can you’re not bored do you even get yourself your own apartment her own home people are even struggling to buy groceries and just a basic living things. The last thing on our minds is to have a child. The minimum cost to have one kid is 100 grand.

[@martinlutherkingjr.5582]

If inflation keeps up it will be closer to $1m. Even just college is at least $100k.

[@sergeilunev2244]

In a "non-civil" areas of the world, kids are just an "almost" free workforce. You pop 6-10 of em, with a faint hope that at least 1-2 of them survive. While they grow up, they help you with your chores. Fields, cattle, collecting water, building and stuff. You pay nothing, but under your control, they end up self-serving their own food.

[@ryanmclean3579]

Has anyone noticed women and men trying to have kids nowadays it’s almost like since 2022 fertility has tanked. What product was introduced massively to the world ?

[@msnknight6285]

no idea lol, and remember three different types of this product hit the market at the same time, unprecedented

[@awsambdaman]

My wife and I are 25 and 26 and yo bro it’s a struggle. My fertility is shot and literally her sister is 28 and it took years to get pregnant. Wife and I have been trying for over a year

[@JBS7551]

Bingo

[@everlyeverly3090]

Something might be going on these days. The young women who the red pillars swear are preferred over the older ones are having fertility issues. I know couples that are trying, but it's not happening.

[@whitneyanders5945]

Nice try but fertility has been falling for decades now. NEXT conspiracy please!

[@CertifiedTruthTV]

I Predicted This 4 Years Ago Now We Are Here

[@dragonflydroneservices1021]

Bro, don’t out your friends. “Vinnie had a drinking problem”… way to throw your colleagues personal business under a bus.

[@LICENFIREFEAR]

GOOD ! stop forcing people to live in this cursed world

[@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov]

He uses A.I "art" incessantly. He's part of the problem and why we don't want kids. At least not right now.

[@mariabrown6926]

Agreed. Who what's to live in this shit hole?

[@LICENFIREFEAR]

@@mariabrown6926 yes there is no reason to make the child go through what we went through

[@AKaufman]

They should make US citizens families with 2 kids or more tax exempt....

[@802Leith]

Idiocracy the movie was precient...it is unfolding now.

[@fatuma2954]

Well, make it affordable for people to have kids. The dating scene sucks, and some of us dont want to be single parents.

[@sergeilunev2244]

Can anyone explain me what is the "necessity" of having a child, except unlocking some "personal achievements" or following "religious/traditional norms"? Don't sell me the "but self-value, and self-realization" bs, as the value of those words is always personal, and unless I had the entire life to live in your shoes, it might still not be enough to understand your point, because you people often put too much unconscious, emotional meaning, which often is boiled down to obedience for "religious/traditional norms", but with a context of the social pressure of the people you've grown around. So.. have anyone ever given a decent explanation why having a child is "necessary"?

[@sergeilunev2244]

And please don't rush to "prove me wrong" if that topic strikes your nerve. Some people are trying to force themselves into having a child because of societal pressure, and despite not wanting it, are wasting a bit too much energy to prove everyone, and mainly themselves, that they do want to have a child. Mostly because they don't want "the stigma". I'd appreciate a cool, non-emotional, clear and logical explanation.

[@link10909]

Strictly speaking nothing is "necessary", people living past 40 isn't necessary. The argument is actually about what is good (moral traditional religious view) or what is healthy societally. Both a religious view and a healthy society (talking a utilitarian prospective) make allowance for non-child bearing people (nuns, or unfit parents for example) but at the societal level see the decline in population fertility as troubling. If you look at societal well-being having kids is something people should do for a few reasons, an inverted population pyramid will lead to mass elder poverty and a shortage of caregivers. Also parenting encourages long-term decision making for the benefit of future generations rather than disregard for their interest in favor of personal interest. (Do you dump chemicals in the river to get a short term gain or do you consider poisoning the next generation a bad thing?) Finally if you are skeptical of the benefits of religious dogmas running society you should consider that low rates of reproductivity among secular first worlders leads to import of excess third world labor which shifts democratic societies into dogmas (see the growth of the influence of Islam in Europe).

[@Sonicmask]

Kids is for the rich

[@funmilayoaina2658]

Let the rich have kids for the rest of us

[@martinlutherkingjr.5582]

In America, yes but in other countries it’s quite affordable

[@cousinjeb7116]

It'll be such a shame when all the nail salons have to close.

[@Brady_Collins]

My wife and I are expecting our first child in August. We’ve been looking at daycare options, while my wife is deciding if is going to return to work or stay home. I have been flabbergasted at how expensive childcare is!! We’re doing fine financially but I don’t know how the average couple can afford kids.

[@scampbell04]

It’s basically a second mortgage.

[@TREm1990]

Some women do NOT want children. And that's okay. And this world is a horrible place.

[@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov]

Yeah I know. I want to have kids but I don't want to have them in a world where A.I will make all the music and art, not them (I come from a very musical and creative family and I would like to pass that on), and where the only love and relationships they will get will come from robots, not other human beings. I'm already lonely and isolated as it is. I wouldn't want my kids to go through the same things I did. Not if I can help it.

[@TREm1990]

@@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov 🙏🏾

[@Joshua-eo5hr]

This is a problem it's not ok well for me it is ok because my culture isn't dying.

[@AA-xs8mv]

Say white women don't want children!

[@brandonburns5365]

​@@Joshua-eo5hrit is ok

[@miketheyunggod2534]

We eat five lbs of plastic per year.

[@adamjames642]

For the gen alpha and a lot of Z, I say its culture. For Millenials, it's economic. Iwould love to have a second kid but due to the cost of childcare, we just cant float two children in that age range at the same time. I know plenty of folks in the same boat.

[@JunaidBedford]

Have a look at this book entitled: The Age of Decay: How Aging and Shrinking Populations could Usher in the Decline of Civilization

[@toadster464]

The average woman thinks the average man is below them and won't date them. This is the main crux of the issue.

[@mw87675]

Not true. I outranked my husband when we met in the Army. He was an Efuzzy (E1). I married him and I still outearn him 13 years later. We have 6 children from our marriage. Simply not true.

[@theironforce3000]

One of , yes.

[@senectutecato3987]

Interestingly, my last few years of teaching in college, the ratio of men to women fell dramatically. My very last year teaching, I had a required freshman English class, with only one male student. College began in the 60s to take on a more feminine atmosphere slowly but surely. Look were we are now.

[@pitbossea]

@@mw87675 did you have kids from other men when y’all met?

[@grimreap78]

You think this would be brought up more but because people are afraid to call out women they won’t

[@LaLaGrunge]

USA is overpopulated which is why there’s a housing crisis. This is what happens when you bring in 1,000,000+ new people every year since 1965.

[@alexvagias5295]

I agree. That's why the planet is heating up. Our air, water, and soil are contaminated and our natural resources are being depleted. We're in big trouble. I've been an environmentalist for 45 years. Ever since I took 3 graduate courses in ecology. I saw this coming a long time ago, and, its here.

[@jadenburns2656]

Most this country is empty take a trip through New Mexico west Texas and Oklahoma and tell me it’s overpopulated lol

[@guitarwithjamesoffical]

It isn’t over populated it’s under developed

[@andromeda_25]

Are you kidding?!! USA is like 100 times bigger than the UK. UK - 70+million US - 340 million. US is underdeveloped!

[@BEACHDUDE71]

It's too expensive for children, I'm 53 and I don't have no children or pets

[@captnfloyd]

Wow, did he say indigenous people? I've never hurd of white people being indigenous anywhere on this planet

[@kamrynherring1048]

Having kids in this current economy is a huge NO. People can't even afford to take care of themselves right now. Let alone children. I don't understand why PBD was ''leveled'' by this statistic given the fact that majority of Americans are struggling financially right now.

[@stampthelamp]

oh please. I have 6 kids with number 7 on the way and we are getting by just fine on less than 50k a year income. We shop deals, we don't go on vacations, we don't spend a ton on clothing or other pointless shit. The problem is that yall think you need all of these damn things that really don't matter in the end. It just takes some sacrifice and financial responsibility.

[@kamrynherring1048]

@@stampthelamp Congratulations on Baby #7. I'm extremely happy for you & your wife. But my argument would be, your own personal reality, isn't everyone else's. There are some people who don't just casually spend money on materialistic items, and are still struggling financially. SOME people are literally on the borderline of homelessness and can't even afford to maintain their current lifestyle, let alone provide a suitable lifestyle for a child. It's easy to speak on your personal situation, but at the end of the day, that isn't the reality for everyone else, and some people don't have the luxury to be able to financial provide for a child without literally going broke. Childcare is extremely expensive, by the way. Especially in 2024 with inflation skyrocketing through the roof. People choosing to not have children now doesn't mean that they don't make sacrifices and are unable to be financial responsible. It just means that they are mature enough to realize that bringing a child into poverty isn't such a good idea.

[@OAlexable]

​@stampthelamp that's you, not everyone will be satisfied with that

[@stampthelamp]

@@kamrynherring1048 if people are almost homeless what the hell are they doing on KZbin? Why waste time when you can be working for something better? Sorry I just don't buy it. People have become too attached to comforts and they can't even fathom not having totally unnecessary things.

[@stampthelamp]

@@OAlexable and that's the problem. Hard times create great men. Great men create easy times. Easy times create soft men. And here we are with people that just can't imagine living without things that are completely useless. It's pathetic

[@lylefranksaunders2113]

Eating a credit card a year 😂, with a 60% interest rate.

[@jeffb321]

Im 40, no kids.

[@Dreco_Moore]

the only reason this became a argument is because we DO NOT KNOW GOD FOR WHO HE TRULY IS … We want him to be who WE want him to be or either you don’t believe in him at all which is Sad either way 🙏🏿💔

[@bruhverlybruh4012]

You know how long it took me to find a bloke that wasn't doin drugs, had a job and wasn't on anti depressants or sum shit? And that was after I managed to be stable enough to plan a kid. Which was most of my younger years. Most my class from senior year is dead, addicted or in jail. They found one of em's body in the woods last year. He'd been missing for like 3 years. Drugs.

[@kotenoklelu3471]

It's sad. I am sorry for your loss

[@bruhverlybruh4012]

I knew them in high school but we weren't close. Still, it really makes me unapologetic about having kids late as hell. I think people really over generalize the dating struggle. A lot of channels will reee that men or women as a whole are to blame and ignore the actual state of living in different areas and how much they've changed since the 90s, to today. That span of time is the majority of people dating rn.

[@djzrobzombie2813]

Bloke ? You must be British 😂😂😂😂

[@Irobinson86]

BLAME FEMINISM AND THE ECONOMY.

[@Nadia-ne9iz]

Feminism was created so women would work and pay taxes. Blame the government.

[@MrAirnike8]

You can’t be serious….You don’t think you have anything to do with it? You angry, lost, constantly crying guys?

[@candycommander]

Womens' hypergamy, entitlement and ridiculous standards are a huge part of the cause. All you did was throw around lazy insults. At least present an argument. Men arent lonely we have other griggas. We arent mad we're laughing on the side lines as women girl boss their way into their 30s then complain about not being able to find a guy. Even dudes who make bank and could comfortably support a family are choosing not to do so. I wonder if thats cause marriage laws in the US are extremely predatory towards men. I wonder if its cause women can have a man forcibly removed from his home by the cops from falsely accusing him of domestic assault. Weatern women are a plague to be avoided. There could be good ones out there but its not worth it when a chance exists to have your life ruined in a number of ways. But yea men are just angry, lost snd crying. Talk about being insanely out of touch

[@grygaming5519]

@@MrAirnike8So you're telling me the guy with average looks who hit on you was "not up to your standards" yet you're going after Chad Chaderton that hundreds of other women are targeting. Its rare to find a woman who're not duplicitous in their language.

[@JamalSmith-lo4nq]

It's the females and the economy there's no question that the next major war by us won't be won because there's nothing to fight for here anymore

[@ryanbailey8588]

7:10 doesn’t make sense. Stress releases cortisol, cortisol lowers testosterone and actually helps store fat.

[@kristinupchurch906]

I wish you would also look at the homicide rate of children. Not only is our birth rate declining, but so many of the children that are born are killed by their own parents, severely abused, or thrown into foster care. It's a sad state of affairs. I only have one, but I had her at 33 and was told I had a 7% chance of conceiving naturally. She's my miracle baby. And she's so precious to me, I just can't image what these evil parents are thinking/feeling

[@xer05tar]

And me with a 1.5 and 2 week old 😂😂 🤧

[@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov]

Why should anyone have kids in a world where A.I will make all the music and art, not them, and where the only love, relationships and intimacy they will ever get will come from robots, not human beings? What, are they only meant to be consumers, not creators?

[@victormaldonado9453]

Wise words sir!

[@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov]

@@victormaldonado9453 Thanks. People don't normally agree with me on this sadly.

[@selenasimmons6653]

That is so sad...

[@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov]

@@selenasimmons6653 Yeah it is... Wait what is exactly? A.I you mean?

[@AlekseyMaksimovichPeshkov]

@@bernadetten.8751 Saw what coming? A.I? When?

[@crazymetalhead516]

Wireless/microwave radiation is the elephant in the room. WiFi is a HUGE factor in people having a hard time having kids/miscarriages. If you want to reproduce, keep the cellphone far away from your testicles. Distance is your best friend.

[@Georgecostanza1981]

Oh well. Wife and I don’t have kids and it’s great.