@neondystopian
In order to want human civilization to continue, you must first value human life.
@AceKite00
We were educated to live in a world that no longer exists.
@ReturnOfHeresy
"The worst thing you can do for the environment is have children." I remember hearing that all the time.
@nuwanda2702
People forget that a species on a stresseful environment won't mate.
@cmbaileytstc
Here’s the real question: How is everything more expensive when productive tech is better than ever and the number of consumers is falling?
@Bufford2024
Life is unaffordable, taxes are punishing, while governments are evil. There is your trouble.
@PeachDragon_
Let me get this right. They study 12 hours a day every single day, to get a good job, where they'll work 12 hours a day 6 days a week... Why? It's an exercise in futility, there's no point, what are you getting paid for? To eat, sleep and get back to work? That's literally just slavery, I'd rather fail the exam and leave the country if i was them.
@DoffyDogg
my 2 cents, As long as people will have to work 8-10 hours to survive and barely making a living unless you are a doctor or an engineer you likely can't even afford children, and if you are an engineer or doctor you simply don't have time to raise a children. Reduce cost of living and make 6 hour shifts, thats probably the "utopian" idea.
@iulius6988
You made basic goods a luxury. So having children is also luxury.
@CatsMeowPaw
The problem is multi faceted. There is no one key solution. 1. Having children is very expensive 2. Women want to work, and often are forced to work due to rising cost of living 3. Men and women are being taught to hate one another in countless media articles 4. Men are going their own way, while women are being told they need no man 5. People want to travel and have careers. Loads of hobbies and sports. Masses of entertainment. Children sap resources to do these. 6. Easy access to spicy videos and other content for men means they're slapping the sausage instead of finding a woman 7. Women have been told for decades to demand a top man. Top earning, top height, top looks. 8. For South Korea, China and Japan, long work hours means parents have no energy or time for children 9. And many more reasons.
@reecemartin453
When you create a world not worth living in and wonder why we don't want to breed.
@igaluitchannel6644
This was planned. When it started taking two parents to make ends meet, that was the end.
@Jonathan_Collins
The primary reason why people aren't having kids in industrialized nations is because most people are aware that their kids will have a lower standard of living than they did. Real wages have barely moved since the 80's, while cost of living is up several fold. And the trend is only getting worse. Looking to immigration for a solution is like treating a symptom without addressing its cause.
@tukkajumala
69 hours per week?!? That is absolutely insane. 12 hour days 6 days a week, plus travel... No wonder they have no kids.
@Shahkabul3399
Its so tragic that with a shrinking workforce, instead of having more jobs for the unemployed and having better salaries, we see worse working conditions and worse working hours
@Jose04537
The wolves are angry the sheep aren't breeding to be eaten.
@billthevillageidiot4069
" let it rot " (“Bai Lan” ) , haven't a lot of the Chinese youth now actively embracing the deteriorating situation, and refusing to participate in the competitive rat race.due to disenchantment with the relentless work culture .
@benderisgreat95able
Every rich suit knew that a corrupted housing sector would create this situation. Don't raise housing prices more than twice as fast as inflation for 50 years, they had ages to solve this problem, they wanted their short-term profits. Abused housing the way they would have abused water and energy if they weren't regulated.
@rake483
I want to have kids, but i simply can't afford them. The rent of an apartment large enough for a family is like 110% of my income.
@Moon-Real