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Europe will cease to exist soon. We need to bring back having HUGE families
2025-07-15
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Posted by:Fred

#5  Fascinating interview, Melancholic. My learning for today. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2025-07-15 22:41  

#4  Interview of an economist who has borne many children and also studied the reasons why.

Hannah's Children: Why Some Women Defy the Birth Dearth | Dr. Catherine Pakaluk
Posted by: Melancholic   2025-07-15 15:59  

#3  A hundred years ago (you know what I mean) they didnt have income tax.

Want less of something, tax it.
Tax a family to death and you get less family.
The Maths
Posted by: mossomo   2025-07-15 14:30  

#2  Europe will cease to exist soon. We need to bring back having HUGE families.

A hundred years ago you had large families because 1) high infant mortality and 2) the family was the social net for their elderly in their old age[see - honor thy mother and father]. Modern medicine took care of number 1. The state took over number 2. File under the unexpected consequences of trying to doing good.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-07-15 07:54  

#1  Translated from the original European:
"Gimme gimme gimmme free stuff!"

Why should we fight and die for a continent that won't defend itself against even an unarmed invasion?
At least with nuclear-armed Israel we get an ally that actually fights.
Contrast this to nuclear-armed France whose weapons will be in the hands of Muslims in another generation.
Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435   2025-07-15 02:49  

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