• HerbGrower@slrpnk.net
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    22 hours ago

    Birth rates fell significantly in the late 1800s, before modern birth control was an option.

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      19 hours ago

      And one key factor was that kids became a financial liability.

      That did not change in 200 years.

      You would think if the owning class was interested in many workers that this problem wouldve been Adresse by now.

      But birth rates continue to fall, while child mortally rises.