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		toxik on Sept 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: French fathers will now get 28 days of paternity l... Curiously your anecdata does not change the fact that reproductive numbers are below replacement in basically every democratic market economy.

ido on Sept 28, 2020 [–]

The reason is not only - or even mainly - because people can't afford to have kids. In fact the poorer the country the more kids people tend to have.

Surely people in poor countries can afford to have kids even less than people in rich countries?

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