Comments by "looseycanon" (@looseycanon) on "Triggernometry" channel.

It's not wealth. The best predictor of low fertility is access to higher education or education at all for women. Why? Because access to education increases one's earning potential, which it self is a contributing factor towards GDP. therefore, GDP is collinear with lower fertility rate, not cause and effect. The calculated GDP value is actually simply read wrong. It's the point, where women get enough education to not needing men to take care of them selves, because they become qualified to do specialized jobs. In a society, where women are not allowed access to education, women have fewer choices and the only way for them to be financially secure, is to find and tie to them selves a good man. And what does a woman do to tie a man to her? She gives birth to at least one kid and points to a man claiming fatherhood.
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