Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "Job Security is Dead... and Nobody Cares" video.

  1. ​ @avradio0b  That's probably not it, either. The Scandinavian countries have a very high level of financial stability (free healthcare, university education, childcare support from the government). And yet, they're facing the same issue as all the other Western countries. It's sad to say, and maybe a knock on your pride as a progressive-minded person, but the only places that have high enough birthrates to be sustainable are countries where women's education and rights are significantly reduced. The OP is right, it is a "dating" issue. A perfect cause study: Israel is a highly educated and wealthy country. Yet their birthrate is a staggering 3.0. Why? Simple. Orthodox Jews. Most of Israeli society (modernized, liberal values, women and men have equal rights) has a brithrate basically near 1.5. But the Orthodox community, which restricts women's rights and essentially forces them into the role of homemaker, has 6-7. The same is true of Afghanistan, sub-Saharan Africa, the poorest areas of the Muslim world. What do they all have in common? A lack of women's rights. I know everyone says that financial stability would prompt them to have children, but they're all lying to themselves. They'd take that newfound financial freedom and enjoy it. Not spend 18 years of their lives raising kids. Just like Scandinavia and Western Europe, which already have those extra guardrails and have low birthrates anyway.
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