@LouisConde
Has anyone ever identified why the Japanese are not having kids?
Has anyone ever identified why the Japanese are not having kids?
@becassine A lot of it is their economy crashed in the 90s and has been stagnant ever since
@LouisConde does economy really make people stop having kids? Economies in Africa are terrible and they all have many kids
@becassine If you can't afford to leave your parents and support yourself then yeah that's a huge psychological barrier for people having children.
@LouisConde
Oh this is interesting because in Africa even if the conditions are horrible you can still leave your parents and make a mud house somewhere else
Oh this is interesting because in Africa even if the conditions are horrible you can still leave your parents and make a mud house somewhere else
@becassine @LouisConde (as you no doubt know) in most developed countries it's almost impossible to just *directly* work to improve your life
the indirection of having to work for someone else, doing something totally unrelated to your end goal, so you can get money that you can give someone else to do the work you want done (that you're probably not allowed to do yourself) is like a giant ball and chain everyone pretends either doesn't exist or is in fact a boon (specialization! efficiency!)
the indirection of having to work for someone else, doing something totally unrelated to your end goal, so you can get money that you can give someone else to do the work you want done (that you're probably not allowed to do yourself) is like a giant ball and chain everyone pretends either doesn't exist or is in fact a boon (specialization! efficiency!)
@deprecated_ii @becassine @LouisConde
>make a mud house somewhere
you have to go through several lawyers and pay a fuckton of money
>i have land
you're not allowed to build without a lot of paperwork and pay a fuckton of money
>i have the paperwork
you can't build a mudhut it has to meet modern standards and pay a fuckton of money
>i have the design for a modern house
you need multiple contractors to do the specialized work because you can't profitably get all the licenses in your lifetime and pay a fuckton of money
>i have all the contractors
some of the parts/materials you need haven't arrived because sUPpLY CHAIN ISSUes, pay a fuckton of money
>I've built the house
It's an unfunctional piece of shit that will not make your life easier, and you now have to pay a fuckton of money until you sell it.
MODERNITY!
>make a mud house somewhere
you have to go through several lawyers and pay a fuckton of money
>i have land
you're not allowed to build without a lot of paperwork and pay a fuckton of money
>i have the paperwork
you can't build a mudhut it has to meet modern standards and pay a fuckton of money
>i have the design for a modern house
you need multiple contractors to do the specialized work because you can't profitably get all the licenses in your lifetime and pay a fuckton of money
>i have all the contractors
some of the parts/materials you need haven't arrived because sUPpLY CHAIN ISSUes, pay a fuckton of money
>I've built the house
It's an unfunctional piece of shit that will not make your life easier, and you now have to pay a fuckton of money until you sell it.
MODERNITY!
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@cirnog even my dad and I building a cabin that we use maybe 2~3 months out of the year (northern USA and Canada be cold yo) the state government made us fill out a shit ton of paperwork and it took 2 years to finally get it built. Fuck that. @becassine @deprecated_ii @LouisConde
