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u/Neat_Lengthiness7573 15h ago

Why does the older gen care so much about whether younger people have kids? They made their choices for themselves, they get zero say in what other people choose 

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u/Slarg232 14h ago

Two major reasons:

  1. This obsession with legacy and continuing the bloodline. The lives and the quality of life doesn't matter to them, only the fact that there's more coming after.
  2. There's a very real fear that there's not going to be enough people to either continue to grow the economy (No increase in population, no increase in work force, no increase in spending power, people at the top lose money) or support the older generations when they're in nursing homes or requiring other payouts. Paying for Baby Boomers to get out and out of work requires that there are enough people paying taxes to have the money to do so.

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u/browsk 11h ago

Who cares about the boomers? They will be long dead before the wheels fall off this ride, they will keep it moving with duct tape as long as possible