Japan saw record 1.6 million deaths last year as births marked a 5% fall
  • MisterScruffy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    Now, why bother having kids? You can’t do anything with them.

    You mean you can’t do anything profitable with them. Maybe people should be able to have a family for other reasons than profit

    • Echofox@lemmy.caEnglish
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      11 hours ago

      Even without capitalism you need production, and children used to be part of that. Back then you would have as many kids as you could so that they could run your farm.

      I’m not defending the current system, but profit isn’t the only reason the birthrate is declining in so many countries.