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Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once | FT

Smartphones and a marked change to our digital media environment are part of the reason for the demographic shift changing our world, including how low birth rates are shrinking the workforce. Chief d

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I once asked my parents, "Why did you create me?" We were poor, and all I experienced was hardship. I didn't want my children to ask the same question, so I didn't have any.
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Don't expect anyone to condemn their future kids to a lifetime of working , simply to pay their rent.
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This video is for rich people. Everyone who's is struggling knows why we don't have kids
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@Mariam_ffa From YouTube ↗ 30 Jun 2026 36
fewer children today means fewer corporate slaves tomorrow, i like that
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@ask_why000 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 814
Remember when everyone was trying to convince us that overpopulation would kill us all – that was like five minutes ago.
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People can see that the systems we created and the world we built are designed purely for economic reasons. We have lost the sense of wanting people to just be human and do what makes humans happy.

Another child is another 35 years of being stuck in an office cubicle. Or worse, 35 years in a steel plant, cobalt mine or iphone factory.

Humans aren’t designed to live like this.
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@ourfav1 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 1000
Just imagine how badly you have to treat a mammal to eliminate its desire to reproduce
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If higher birthrates are needed for "workers" and we keep hearing how AI is going to replace sooo many jobs, then isn't lower birthrates a good thing as fewer people will be competing for whatever jobs are left, while ensuring there isn't a large part of the population unable to support themselves.
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no job no money no girlfriend no house no projects
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me watching this on my smartphone:
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Why is this happening all over the world? Because the same companies have taken over the world. The same corporations are squeezing people like lemons, whether it's Poland, the US, or the Philippines.
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@tonyhays6439 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 1300
No surprise when the elite are creating a world without hope.
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@Lofftsno From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 1100
I live in Sweden, one of the best places with the best job conditions and I say what people don't want to say, I'm tired, stressed and unsure about the future.
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@MrErrebrito From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 165
Basic market economy. If the value of something decrease, it's production also decrease
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@abe4985 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 1300
Quality of life has deteriorated, consumerism does not mean better life
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No one can even afford rent. How can they afford kids.
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Nobody wants to raise 3 kids in a single bedroom
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@Guroji From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 3800
"Do you know how bad you have to treat an animal for it to not breed?"
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"I wonder why my slaves don't want to have kids"
- some Roman noble 2000 years ago
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"Yes, we destroyed the world but in the brief beautiful moment, the shareholder value went through the roof"