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Trump is trying to pay his way into a US baby boom. Experts say it won’t work
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 06 May 2025
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Build massive amounts of new housing. Give people paid parental leave, and universal healthcare. Guaranteed baby boom.
Do we really need a baby boom though? I agree we need affordable housing, everything you mentioned and more. At the same time I don't think the population should grow forever (so education and available birth control).
I don’t disagree. I was just clarifying what would spur one.
Truthfully, we are fucked either way. The truth is having a baby boom would help the economy, but accelerate environmental degradation and the consequences of climate change, which will be extremely destabilizing to society and possibly lead to collapse.
But, if we don’t continue to grow the population, the capitalist world, based on a need for endless growth will falter. We will see less productivity and consumption, which will also be destabilizing to society as the economy shrinks or becomes stagnant. This is also destabilizing to society and could also create a collapse.