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Western Dreams Became Demographic Nightmares

by langitbiru on 1/7/25, 8:50 AM with 1 comments

  • by SteveVeilStream on 1/7/25, 10:01 AM

    One simple thing I think about: Forty years ago in North America, a couple without kids would have been outliers. Today, they are still the exception but it's probably a lot easier to find community. I'm in this category and we don't feel as ostracized as I imagine we would have felt if we were living just a few decades ago. There is a tipping point there. We do a lot of things in our lives just because we don't want to go against the flow and want community.