Commentators are pinning low fertility rates on everything from feminism to smartphones. But they miss one glaring factor: capitalism, an economic system predicated on individual autonomy and naked self-interest whose incentives run counter to child-rearing.
Billionaires: “You need to start having children!”
Working class: “Can you free up some of your hoarded resources so we can raise them?”
Billionaires: “lol get fucked”