Okay the argument is that the lack of social safety nets and childcare causes a decline in birth rates. Right?

Your argument is that the transition from socialism to capitalism is directly linked to a drop in birth rates? I assume in this particular case you mean the loss of free childcare and social safety nets leads women to avoid having children?

So, in capitalist countries where there is subsidised/ free childcare and more developed safety nets should correspond to an increase in birth rates?

And to expand on that, socialist countries such as China and Cuba should show an increase in birth rates. An i getting this right or am I missing your point

What about China and Cuba?

You also haven’t drawn a link to how those drops were directly caused by capitalist policies

And you’ve shown that how?

I think you accidentally fell face first into my point

Maybe if the whole world became equally stratified, at this point is makes far more sense to import workers at the start of their working lives who have already been taught to read and write. Simply provide high enough living standards to compensate for the loss of friends and family and you can get a healthy individual where the capital has already been spent and put them to work

You’re the one who connected falling birth rates to safety nets, childcare and community. I was simply providing evidence that those things don’t necessarily translate to an increase in birth rates as might be expected

I was talking about Sweden, Finland and Canada. Not saying they are prefect, but i am saying that an increase in rights doesn’t correspond to an increase in fertility

Plenty of countries have worked hard to provide those things and still have declining birth rates. This take, ignores a lot of the agency that women have won through feminist activism

How is this capitalism exclusive?

Yeah, i think separating billionaires from the rest goes some way to making working and middle class people feel like that we’ve done our bit. By that, I mean it may as well be a billionaire compared to some one in extreme poverty.

On a side note, I wonder if those maritime countries pay a penalty for all the fossil fueled powered shipping they need. Also Singapore is a major oil refiner which might be affecting them.

Who is the average person? Is it the global average person? Is it the average American? I mean as an Australian I am responsible for far more emissions than the average Papuan.

https://archive.is/20251122175610/https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-posts-early-morning-meltdown-over-approval-ratings/

Yup. Works well for Australia.

Yeah, didn’t that bloke live in Brazil for a while

And compulsory voting?

Best I can figure out, is that it’s a joke, but I’m not sure what the punchline is?

No way, he’d way over estimate

Sweden The UK Venezuela Colombia New Zealand France Etc

Of course they aren’t wars, they are special military operations 🤡

I know it’s a habit for you guys but don’t this criminal to Australia

Remember when 4chan and the Donald memed Trump into the Whitehouse in 2016? Yeah…