[kelnos]

I think the idea isn't for everyone to stop having kids, but to reduce reproduction down to something near replacement rate, so population growth slows or stops.

There's nothing inherent about society that requires more people than the current workforce to run things in 20+ years, though admittedly, generations are not of equal size (booms and busts in the birth rate over time) and there are often demographic issues as particular generations age out of the workforce.

I too support people's desire and right to make choices about reproduction, but at some point it just becomes irresponsibly selfish for a couple to have more than some replacement-level N number of kids. Not just for the planet, but at a smaller level, too, when considering a family's financial resources, etc. I wish more would-be parents would take this sort of thing into account before choosing (or unintentionally not-actually-choosing) to have a(nother) kid.

[JumpCrisscross]

> to reduce reproduction down to something near replacement rate, so population growth slows or stops

Most of the rich world is already doing this [1]. The change was enforced by rising living standards and costs of living. Not proselytising.

[1] https://data.oecd.org/pop/fertility-rates.htm