yeah sure, apparently the global decline in birth rates is happening only because of social media and smartphones. these people can’t read sociology properly but somehow they’re writing articles for the nyt.
the issue isn’t just tinder, instagram, or digital loneliness. those are symptoms.
the world is going through a serious era of economic insecurity. housing crises, debt based economies, unstable work conditions, endless states of crisis, and class pressure have pushed people out of a “building a future” mindset and into a “survival” mindset.
fertility is basically a biological referendum on how much confidence a society has in the future.
a society that doesn’t trust the future stops reprod…
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