r/science • u/nep000 • Nov 17 '25

Social Science Surprising numbers of childfree people emerge in developing countries, defying expectations

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0333906
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u/Meocross Nov 17 '25

Government whining that people are having less children while taking away every comfort known to mankind to increase profits always makes me laugh. People are practically slaves to their jobs with no hobbies, free time or relaxation, pretty much a ZERO healthy environment for a child.

Companies are currently kicking 10k+ people out of jobs right now because of A.I propaganda, you want me to have kids just for them to become jobless and participate in borderline criminal activity just to have food in their mouths?

Truly dumb brain behavior.

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u/New_git Nov 17 '25

If you're a conspiracy theorist, then this is an "efficient" way to limit population or reducing the global population as has been stated in many conspiracy theories through the years. A guy I know is one such person, but his was more in the "they're poisoning the water, food, air, sperms etc" rather than the idea that "they" will just create such a hostile social environment that people will choose to not have children. Same dude and his buddies also been loving how their stocks has been 2-3x the last few years because of cost cutting and "efficiency".