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 reproducing.
throughout history, during major periods of crisis, people married later, had fewer children, and developed resource preservation instincts.
there are two fundamental strategies in life:
1. survival strategy
2. struggle strategy
right now, a large part of the world is operating on survival strategy, not struggle strategy.
modern capitalism has also turned into a system that constantly tries to overcome its own historical crises through external tensions, militarization, and new forms of economic control. the system moves with the fear of another global turbulence similar to 1929.
at the same time, today’s elites resemble the data owners of a digital neo feudal order more than classical aristocrats. people are no longer exploited only through labor, but also through their attention, behavior, and data.
projects like universal basic income are presented by some circles as social safety solutions, but if implemented without solving inequality in ownership of production, they risk turning masses into passive consumers dependent on the system.
anyone expecting the precariat to start having children either understands nothing about sociology or is acting as a propagandist for the current order.
because societies living on rent, drowning in debt, uncertain about the future, and constantly fearing crisis do not produce romance.
they try to survive first.
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