From tax breaks to baby bonds, pronatalists are pulling out all the stops – but bribery won’t build a healthy society, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
It’s especially interesting as a high birthrate causes a crisis for the future economy when AI replaces a lot of workers and company’s will have to finance a large number of unemployed people.
Every time I read a take like this I remember that quote about people being able to see the end of the world but not the end of capitalism. Why are we worried about an economic crisis instead of imagining a post scarcity world in which we automate all labor? Maybe I’ve got too much of an optimist in me.
It’s especially interesting as a high birthrate causes a crisis for the future economy when AI replaces a lot of workers and company’s will have to finance a large number of unemployed people.
Every time I read a take like this I remember that quote about people being able to see the end of the world but not the end of capitalism. Why are we worried about an economic crisis instead of imagining a post scarcity world in which we automate all labor? Maybe I’ve got too much of an optimist in me.
Because people are not willing to walk away from capitalism