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by anthonypasq 844 days ago
Rich people have less kids than poor people and countries with the best social safety nets in the world also have low birth rates. so no. its not too expensive
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That's a huge logical fallacy.

It's like telling Americans, "Bill Gates has less operations than poor people, and countries with the best healthcare in the world, their people also have less operations, so no, medical operations in America are not too expensive". You've wildly mixed up cause and effect, and are comparing non-like things.

The people in America who want to have children are routinely priced out of having children, "kids are too expensive" is absolutely true. The existence of rich people in America who do not want children despite their wealth, in no way disproves this.

> The people in America who want to have children are routinely priced out of having children

Pretending that income and fertility are not negatively correlated is being willfully ignorant:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_and_fertility

And assuming an income correlation is the same as affordability, is also being willfully ignorant…