alt Hacker NewsYes, this absolutely appears to be the main reason. Both in practical terms through birth control, but also through cultural terms in that it's now seen as a choice rather than as an obvious thing you do. To change this course, we probably need to change the culture first so that a birth control ban will be supported. That's currently not looking likely, so population collapse it is
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waynesonfire • yesterday at 8:01 PM
> birth control ban will be supported
Wtf... totally the wrong tool to change the calculus of intentionally having children.
> To change this course, we probably need to change the culture first so that a birth control ban will be supported.
This is the most casually psychotic thing I've read on HN.
You're advocating forcing women to bear children they don't want and taking away control over their own body.