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OoerBlah · 05/08/2016 02:42

So I've just watched Cathy Come Hone, the Ken Loach play from 1965. It's heartbreaking, no doubt about that. But it made me wonder if there is ever a situation where people might think that having kids if you can't afford them is just, well, don't do it?

I know accidents happen and not all kids are planned. I also know that life is complicated and consequences can't be foretold. But particularly in this day and age of so many finding it difficult to find homes and provide for themselves let alone children - is there ever a time when we should say if you can't afford kids, don't have them?

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Marmaduchess · 10/08/2016 15:29

For those people banging on about everyone should only have two children, you do understand that its ON AVERAGE. not individually? And on average, we DO have less than 2 children already?

I have already been trying to explain that. Many otherwise intelligent people have trouble with basic maths. Confused
NO Europeans need to feel any pressure of guilt if they want to have a large family, and can support them (doing it on the state is another story).

Marmaduchess · 10/08/2016 15:36

www.quandl.com/data/WORLDBANK/POL_SP_POP_GROW-Poland-Population-growth-annual.png?dataset%5Bgraph_title%5D=Population+Growth+-+Poland&dataset%5Bheight%5D=250&dataset%5Bvisible_columns%5D=0&dataset%5Bwidth%5D=375

Poland falling population. Poland is dying.
At the same time it's reproductive age people are emigrating.
Who cares? Not the left and the Global agricompanies will refill it with factory farms worked by poor Turks and Ukrainians.

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