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mensetmanusman on Dec 17, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Child-safety laws may reduce the birth rate

But you don’t replace your bachelor uncle, which is why on average the population replacement rate is greater than 2. :)

_carbyau_ on Dec 17, 2020 [–]

Yeah. But the population has to stop growing sometime. And could do with coming down a bit. We take care of ourselves, let others do the same. If they choose NOT to have kids, then the numbers come down.

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