Vanishing People: The Population Crisis
I find it somewhat disingenuous that these pieces don&#x27;t acknowledge what life is like for the majority of people (no social safety nets, tenuous healthcare&#x2F;housing&#x2F;work access, varying degrees of uncertainty of their economic future) and to demand more fuel for the machine “because of the economic pie.” Read the room. 64% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck [1] and you want them to have kids, or have more kids? 50% of children born into poverty remain in poverty for at least half their childhood, and a significant amount will remain in poverty for the next 30 years [2]. Do these people not consume available data?<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnbc.com&#x2F;2022&#x2F;03&#x2F;08&#x2F;as-prices-rise-64-percent-of-americans-live-paycheck-to-paycheck.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnbc.com&#x2F;2022&#x2F;03&#x2F;08&#x2F;as-prices-rise-64-percent-of...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20210616133101&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;webarchive.urban.org&#x2F;publications&#x2F;901356.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20210616133101&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;webarchiv...</a>