Why Humans Are Vanishing

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Every two years one million Japanese disappear, China’s population will halve by the end of the century, the median age in Italy has reached 48. All around the world birth rates are crashing – Is humanity dying out? What is going on and how bad is it?

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[BlueFrenzy]

Hot take: the reason why people have less children is not "because magically people stop having children when they stop dying", but that our lifestyle is incompatible with having children. When women were incorportated in the work force, work hours should have been reduced proportionally. We are working more for less, we don't even have time for ourselves, much less for taking care of our children, and most of the basics like home and health has been sequestred for a small portion of the population to live of a chunk of other people's work. Get down to 4 hours of work for both parents to make a living and you will see how suddenly people start having children, because what's needed to nurture children is spending time.

[dnafnajo]

In Korea, if you use parental leave you are excluded from promotion. Doesn’t matter if you’re the father or the mother. No clue why people don’t have kids, right?

[ibendover]

Answer: corporate greed and corrupt politicians making life harder for everyone for more profit.

People don't have the energy, time or finances to date anymore...let alone start a family. Year after year people are working more for lest pay as politicians try to convince us inflation is on the rise because "productivity isn't high enough" .

[Squintis]

It’s simple. No time. No money. Not enough help.

“It takes a village to raise a child” is a very old saying. People are very quick to forget.

[tatocientos]

As a teenager, I always imagined that by age 30 I would've married, owned a house and had all the children I was going have. I turn 30 in 8 days. Haven't done any of those things. I've been with my partner for 7 & a half years. If it was up to us, we would've done all of it already, but neither of us see those things as achievable goals for our near future. Housing is way too expensive and wages are too low. Why have kids when we can't afford to feed them or house them? Much less have the time to raise them since we both work full time just to survive. And without all of that, marriage just seems so pointless...
As much as we wish we could start a family, we have no incentive to do so

[aalhashmi]

Korean Government: Please have children 🙏
Korean Companies: Do it somewhere else. 😒

[-spacedout--spacebound-]

I'm 22, my husband is 24. we pay over $1500 just to live every month, and that's literally just the bare minimum. We have told everyone in our family that we will not be having children until the world straightens it's shit out because we literally have to choose between eating and paying water, and they just don't care. They still ask and pressure but refuse to help at all.

[lucianoromero]

It’s not even financially responsible to have kids anymore

[BillPairaktaridis]

The effect of an aging population is felt very strongly in Greece. For years our politicians have mostly catered to retirees and government employees and that's been enough to get them elected. But the burden of the system has been felt by the younger generation who, for the most part, have just left the country, leaving even fewer people to support the aging population. It's negative feedback loop at this point.

[kaintshine]

I am a father in America that was fired when I took a week off of work to nurse my wife post pregnancy. A real story to consider in your assumptions.

[fkos]

Unaffordable housing is a huge issue imo ( at least here in the UK). House prices are obscene which has forced millions into the rental market, or back home to live with their family. In this situation, it is hardly surprisingly that having children is no longer a priority. Just one reason amongst many.

[banjoe]

I'm working myself dead tired every day at a factory just to afford an old 1 bed 1 bath apartment, and I can't even afford internet or health insurance, what the fuck am I gonna do with a child?

[thecreatornooj]

I'm nearly 24 and my parents would have expected me to settle down and support a family by now had the world been an affordable place to live. But kids are expensive and at this present moment I literally have $24 in my bank accounts, and I get paid next week. Living on my own is impossible, I live with two roommates with similar incomes.
This economy is nightmarish. I work 34 hours a week and I'm also a student. I'm bogged down trying to build a successful life in a world that seems hellbent on failing. Everyone in power is obsessed with hate and greed. Not to mention they're old enough that they'll die before they see the consequences of their actions. It feels pretty bleak.

[BombaSoup]

The worst part about this is that it is a vicious circle. The governments will prioritize the elderly majority putting even more strain on the young leading to even less kids and more old people. In my country it is already manifesting by the government spending huge amounts of money to make sure that the pensions keep rising and at the same time they make budget cuts for education and healthcare and do nothing to alleviate the soaring house and rent prices and they can't do anything else because freezing or lowering pensions is a political suicide in a majority old democratic nation.
Edit: I am taking about the Czech Republic, but the issues are basically the same everywhere in the West

[vfivrxc]

In the UK, and I have to assume many other countries, the government doesn't just fail to support parents to have children, but actively punishes them for having more than 2. Tens of thousands of children live below the poverty line because they have two or more siblings, cutting them off from child benefits for any additional child.

Paternity leave is also a pathetic two weeks, meaning men aren't encouraged to take the same active roll in rearing young children as women, and when mothers are ready to return to work, many find they can't afford to because childcare costs literally wipe out low wages entirely.

[Yolkyp]

I just have to say, I've never felt so seen in this comment section. I think this is the first time I've truly felt connected to so many other people on the internet that share my concerns and frustrations towards surviving, let alone living, in this world. Stay courageous everyone <3

[mchauhan]

"Parenthood needs to stop being a career obstacle. Our cultures need to become more positive towards families." -- utterly utterly important message.

[lolololgii]

“The wolves are upset, the sheep won’t reproduce”

[rumotu]

I'm 34 nurse in Italy. Working at public hospital, so doing great by nurse standards. I literally could live better 10 years ago when i was working in private retirement houses and getting 400€ less monthly than I am now. I can barely pay rent and get to next paycheck and i get to the job by foot and dont have to use a car etc, and since i have 0 social interactions out of work i dont spend money on "going out and drinks".

I would like to have a wife and a kid (perfectly 3 as it was always my dream to have 3 kids) but honestly with the wages and prices overal, I can't imagine how one to afford a house/appartment and have money to raise a child. Like ok, with 2 parents working there may be enough money for house, school, and kids extracurriculars. But then there would be no time at all to dedicate to the child.

And i dont want a kid growing up alone traumatized that his parents are not with them when they need it the most.