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"So the decision to avoid having children may amount to a kind of performance anxiety in the face of intense expectations and weak governmental and social support". (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by Yuritopiaposadism@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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https://twitter.com/juutsid/status/1720518455458214044

tl;dr: millennials are afraid of failure.

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[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

True, but now you have a prisoner's dilemma situation where it's to the general benefit to have kids but not your personal benefit. So we're relying on other people's kids, or, as the high-income country birthrates decline and the equator continues to heat up, immigration.