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Quote from: Sithara007 on Today at 06:51:47 AM

Quote from: Alpha Marine on September 26, 2023, 09:45:16 PM

A lot of people do not want kids not because they don't like kids, but because they feel they're not financially ready to have kids and they are not wrong.
Having kids when you can't take care of them is not a good thing to do, so instead of the Government rewarding families that give birth to children, they should find ways to create opportunities for the people, especially young people.

I believe underpopulation is not as big an issue as they make it seem. Don't get me wrong, I know it's an issue but how many countries can show proof that the economy is slow because of underpopulation? Worst case scenario they open their borders for skilled immigrants.

The biggest problem facing world right now is that intelligent people are having less number of children, while those with low IQ are having plenty of them. And in the long-run, this doesn't bode well for the human race. Look at the following maps:

IQ level by country:

Fertility rate by country:

It is very clear that overall IQ level of human race is going down, and that too at a rapid pace. In the long run, this is not going to bring anything positive for us. There will be more conflict and warfare, and less innovations and inventions.

I'm curious if North Korea is really included as one of the world's highest IQ populations. I'm also surprised that China is on the same IQ level as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore.

Anyways, the point really makes sense. Here in my country, people who live in the slums are just too quick to have children. I remember when I was renting near a slum during my college days so I am familiar with some people there. In rural areas, farm workers and other poor people are also the ones with numerous children compared to their employers.

I also quite understand why the IQ of people in my country is still below average. And this is none other than because the level of infrastructure and education development in my country is not evenly distributed and as we know, existing development and education is only focused on one area, namely urban areas. And what's more, the condition of the existing community has not received real social prosperity and there are still many people living below the poverty level, so this makes them pessimistic.

But in my opinion having many children is not a problem because this is fate. The problem is when they have many children but they are unable to increase their business and change their thinking on how to increase their income.