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[-] ConfusedMeAgain@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

Wow, a huge drop in the last 15 years. I find it interesting what governments are trying to do to encourage higher birth rates (I think South Korea and Japan try to promote more as wel). I understand it's good for economics but the environmentalist in me is relieved at the thought of fewer people on the planet.

[-] febra@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Nothing. They'll do nothing. They will keep protecting their billionaire owners while young people struggle to make ends meet. Then they'll wonder why no one is having kids

[-] elouboub@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

The State proposes to cover up to 3,000 euros a year in social-security contributions for working mothers with two children, with the youngest being under 10, and those with three children or more, with the youngest up to 18

Hilarious that they think that's enough.

[-] eee@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

Soon the boomer cry will go from "nobody wants to work" to "nobody wants to have kids"

[-] chepox@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

I guess this is going to be like when flights get oversold. They will start offering $. But then as the flight nears take off they offer $$$ then a few minutes before $$$$$$ +free flight + dinner + hotel +...

It may be too late by then. Declining population problems are not lineal but geometric in growth (or decline) so increasing incentives later on, even if effective may be too late to stop the decline. This is a much more serious issue than most people believe. And it is also quite time sensitive.

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I suppose perperual growth is not good either, so what is actually the ideal? To stabilize the population numbers? And at what point?

[-] Nudding@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's great for the planet.

[-] febra@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yet the Italian government still isn't offering any realistic solutions. They keep attacking the LGBTQ community because apparently they're the cause for a lack of new births. What they don't do is attack their rich billionaire owners that keep young people poor, and are in turn actually the cause for such low birth rates. Go figure why young people won't have kids. No one can afford it.

Interesting that the same record happened in neighbouring greece. Interesting to see if there are regional dynamics in this? Humans are influenced by their physical surrounding

[-] itscozydownhere@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

We just have very low paychecks and you can’t really afford to have children unless you accept to have a shitty life. I didn’t for example. Freedom and money? Sign me up for that shit

[-] eee@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Surprise, humans are also influenced by whether they can afford a house and kids on a single income.

[-] frequenttimetraveler@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Housing definitely plays a role. Or to be more precise, the culture of housing in your neighborhood.

If we all moved near the romani shantytowns, our birth rate would skyrocket 10x

[-] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
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