I might not agree with all the points she is making, but at lest someone from that, uhh, "side", is talking about this...
Perhaps the most salient points are towards the end:
Take the UK, which is likely to face enormous demographic changes as a result of uneven fertility rates. For instance, it is becoming increasingly clear that one of the strongest predictors of fertility is religiosity: more religious people have more children, and a tendency towards religiosity is moderately heritable. Having suffered the humiliation of the atheist revolution, it seems that believers are set to have the last laugh. Which is bad news for secular feminists, among others, given the very direct conflict between their values and those of the ancient religious traditions that are set to surge.
But then here’s the thing: the future belongs to those who show up, which means that the South Koreans who hope that the whole country will “simply disappear” are likely to get their wish. The question we have yet to answer is whether it is possible in the long term to sustain the kind of affluent, urban, secular culture represented by South Korea, or whether we will always revert back to the poverty, parochialism, and rigid control of women that characterised most of human history. In other words, is it possible to be modern and fertile? So far, the answer appears to be ‘no’.
Lol. "Liberalism" and "secularism", and their consequences...
And it’s interesting because, while fertility rates have declined massively since around the 70s, the cliff seems to have been jumped just after the end of the Cold War…
So something defining “modernity” happened in around 1990, across pretty much the whole developed world, that has sent us on this path…
I could speculate as to what, exactly, but it’s very noticeable that some time around then is “the point of no return”, if you will…
But of course these people wouldn’t consider anything beyond their own lifetimes “modern”, so that’s how they can say stuff like this, lol…
Something weird fried humanity’s collective brains in the 80s and 90s, and we really have never recovered from it, imho…
I might not agree with all the points she is making, but at lest someone from that, uhh, "side", is talking about this...
Perhaps the most salient points are towards the end:
Lol. "Liberalism" and "secularism", and their consequences...
This is so good.
Yup, sure is.
And it’s interesting because, while fertility rates have declined massively since around the 70s, the cliff seems to have been jumped just after the end of the Cold War…
So something defining “modernity” happened in around 1990, across pretty much the whole developed world, that has sent us on this path…
I could speculate as to what, exactly, but it’s very noticeable that some time around then is “the point of no return”, if you will…
But of course these people wouldn’t consider anything beyond their own lifetimes “modern”, so that’s how they can say stuff like this, lol…
Something weird fried humanity’s collective brains in the 80s and 90s, and we really have never recovered from it, imho…
Main culprit imo: Globalization
Losing factories -> need degrees which delays childbirth
No border policies + multiculturalism -> loss of traditional cultural homogeneity
Death of mom&pop businesses -> further loss of communal attachments, further need for degrees, don't need kids to help with the business, etc
Global spread/dominance of Hollywood values -> you can guess that one
Etc.
I could write a book on it but to me it's clear that this is the main issue which keeps making things worse
Birth control.
In any case, the solution is old school patriarchal families, but Louise Perry would never accept that.