We Don’t Need Men... Right? 🚩
Why the modern "brand" of freedom is actually a roadmap for civilisational extinction.
This is how civilisations die. It doesn’t happen with a massive explosion or some cinematic alien invasion -- it happens with a quiet, empty nursery. It happens “For Sale” sign on a playground because no kids are playing.
Not because the kids are upset, but because there are no kids left.
We are currently watching the slow-motion collapse of the Western world, and honestly? NOBODY is acting like it is a big deal.
But it is a deal. A huge one. And it is going to be a shock -- a massive, systemic shock -- when my generation ages and discovers there is NO ONE there to do the important services we take for granted.
It is going to be a shock when there’s no one there to fill the nursing homes, no one to fix the roads, the ever growing safety net that the state gives us snatched from us in one motion when there’s nobody left to pay the taxes.
THE REALITY CHECK: WE ARE IN A TAILSPIN
Let’s look at the numbers because they are SHOCKINGLY bad. For a population to stay steady, you need a replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman. In the USA, that’s now 1.6. They were at 2.1 for a while, but it’s been about eight years since they passed that cliff. There was a mild uptick during the pandemic -- people were hopeful -- but then there’s been a steep, terrifying decline since.
And look at the millennials. The “elder millennials” born between 1980 and 1986 — only about 58% of them have children. That is the LOWEST in history. Compare that to my parents’ generation, where roughly 89% had kids.
We are talking about a historic withdrawal from the most basic human institution.
THE “SPICY” PART: WHY DID WE STOP?
People love to point fingers. Some blame feminism; others blame consumer culture. Honestly? IT’S NEITHER… and both.
Feminism changed the culture. It pushed a script that said: get out, get a job, provide for yourself, you can do everything. And yes, you can -- but it detoured women away from having children during their most fertile years.
At the same time, NO ONE talks about the birth control factor. When you introduce the pill into a society, you give people total control over their destiny -- which sounds great (and potentially is great!)-- but two generations later, your population has shrunk by half.
If you say you’re a stay-at-home mom today, it’s frowned upon in so many areas. People look at you like you’ve “given up” or you’re regressive. But what is more important than raising the next generation?
We’ve made motherhood feel like a “trap” while framing “extended adolescence” as freedom. We pushed everyone toward college (when many people don’t actually benefit from higher education) and “finding themselves” in their 20s. Now, the average age of a first-time mother is 28 (and that is worldwide, in the West, it’s far higher) -- or 30 if she’s college-educated. We’ve cut the fertile window in half and then wonder why the numbers are collapsing.
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