On Car Seats and Censorship
- Martin Enlund
- 12/27/24
Fertility rates in Western countries have fallen to historically low levels in recent years - not a single Western country had a fertility rate above the replacement rate in 2023. The replacement rate being 2.1 children per woman. The driving forces are said to be several, such as better pension systems, increased demands for education, more women in the workforce, the fiat monetary system, and so on. However, it can be argued that the driving forces are rather few. Perhaps many can be summarized with the concept of “unpredictable consequences”. For who were those who, in their time, predicted that a more generous pension system, more years in school, or more women in the workforce would lead to a veritable collapse in birth rates?