Unless a declining population is good for future prosperity.
If you force a continuation of replacement rate births or even growth, but most of those humans are economically worthless, you'll drag down your whole society.
If you force a continuation of replacement rate births or even growth, but most of those humans are economically worthless, you'll drag down your whole society.
Kids raised in married 2 parent households are less likely to end up homeless, achieve better academically and earn more, have less depression/suicide rates etc. Literally every outcome is better for stable 2 parent homes. The decline of the 2 parent nuclear family means more kids will suffer.
I don't really understand why it has to be either or. You can have your population decline if you want, but why does that have to mean single parent homes?
Can't you raise your 1 or 2 kids in the context of marriage to give them a higher chance of a better outcome, and still have your population decline?
It's good for the perpetuation of your nation. There is no nation without people. There is no people without natalism.
> most of those humans are economically worthless
Is economic value the only measure of a human being's worth? What a terrifying world we live in these days...