why do people think that things like porn, host and hostess clubs (like in japan) , anime, and video games are what is causing people to not have kids or marry? and not that those things simply arose as copes for people being alone? i see far too many naive posts saying that we just need to ban certain forms of entertainment and then the birth rates will go up again. they do not realize that people simply dont want to take on the responsibility of raising a family in the modern world. in the past when everyone worked on farms, having kids made life easier. it meant more people to help with the work on the farm. but as we have gone further into modernity, having kids has only meant more responsibility and stress for parents.  people simply look at how much added stress would be added to their lives and how much they would lose like free time, and they decide to not have kids.
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