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Birth rate and hedonism?
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this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2026
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This is a really wierd analysis given that hedonistic behaviour is what has been making babies since forever... like, we have biological reward systems in our bodies for mating.
Also protecting against and cancelling accidental pregnancies demands an effort and a sense of long-term thinking that is quiet the opposite of hedonism.
Given that any industrialised country has declining birthrates, even socialist ones, my theory about lowering births is simply that people don't see having kids as the only accomplishment and source of happiness available to them.