The assumption of your argument (that many can’t afford to support children) is debated at least, and a crux for many. Nor is it so obvious as to be assumed to be true in this discussion. Since you did not argue for this, and instead made the trivial observation that if most people can’t afford to support children, then most people won’t have children regardless of how high status it is, your argument is worthless.
As worthless as you think it is, it’s quite literally the thing that is happening in the real world. Theory is cool and all but reality is the way it is.
Also, yeah, people not being able to afford to support their kids is obvious. It’s literally happening. I know this site leans heavily middle-upper/upper class SF/CA, but the majority of (the US) lives paycheck to paycheck and cannot support a child without serious compromised to QOL, both for themselves and the child.
In order to convince people and make your comments worthwhile to read, you need a better argument than “it is literally happening” (I don’t think anyone misinterpreted you and thought your comment was a metaphor and this was only figuratively happening). You may think people are foolish for not believing you, but nevertheless, they don’t believe you, and you need to make some argument to convince them.
The assumption of your argument (that many can’t afford to support children) is debated at least, and a crux for many. Nor is it so obvious as to be assumed to be true in this discussion. Since you did not argue for this, and instead made the trivial observation that if most people can’t afford to support children, then most people won’t have children regardless of how high status it is, your argument is worthless.
As worthless as you think it is, it’s quite literally the thing that is happening in the real world. Theory is cool and all but reality is the way it is.
Also, yeah, people not being able to afford to support their kids is obvious. It’s literally happening. I know this site leans heavily middle-upper/upper class SF/CA, but the majority of (the US) lives paycheck to paycheck and cannot support a child without serious compromised to QOL, both for themselves and the child.
In order to convince people and make your comments worthwhile to read, you need a better argument than “it is literally happening” (I don’t think anyone misinterpreted you and thought your comment was a metaphor and this was only figuratively happening). You may think people are foolish for not believing you, but nevertheless, they don’t believe you, and you need to make some argument to convince them.