• @[email protected]
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    1099 months ago

    I mean, some cash is nice but the reason people don’t have kids is

    • a bleak future in the face of a collapsing ecosystem
    • late stage capitalism forcing people to work all day just to be able to afford existing
    • degrading childcare infrastructure amidst missing teachers, preschool educators, daycare workers, etc. And a general social climate hostile to raising children
    • and lastly of course the crippling loneliness epidemic, leaving many people (particularly men) unable to find partners
    • @Olhonestjim
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      259 months ago

      All that, but sure, those little green pieces of paper ought to do the trick.

      • @WhatAmLemmy
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        589 months ago

        Gen Y/Z: we require legitimate action on climate change, ecocide, housing security and affordability, wealth inequality, economic mobility, work/life balance, social welfare, education, healthcare, greedflation, monopolies!

        Capitalism: We’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas… How about a pizza party?

        • @Olhonestjim
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          9 months ago

          Far from it. And such a pittance does nothing to alleviate the horrors of existence on that list.