Having babies isn't the difficult part, it's the bit after having them. The raising, nurturing, housing, educating. There are economic & environmental barriers. Maybe ask people why they're not all bringing babies into the world? You may learn something
Wealthier nations have lower birth rates, the rate is often lower than population maintenence levels. Why is this? Choice is an important factor,many don't want children & this is a valid choice that must be accepted. A great many defer having children until circumstances improve
For an increasing number, circumstances aren't improving, or the improvement comes along a little too late. Housing costs, cost of living & a whole array of stresses & worries, are also factors
We are a nation which puts most of the responsibility upon parents & have policies which do not aid in providing the greatest environment & culture to have children. We are no longer "it takes a village to raise a child" culture, and this is hugely significant
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You've just described how democratic voting systems function across the entire world. Keep enough people onside, divide the opposition & you retain power ad infinitum. Weird that
Thatcher in the UK, from 1979. Make a whole bunch of people very rich by selling off public assets in a fire sale, hugely reduce taxes on high incomes & businesses, enable low income earners to buy their council houses dirt cheap. Introduce indirect taxation favouring the wealthy
This resulted in opposition parties splitting & becoming inconsistent & more desperate, thereby less attractive & kept the Tories in power for 18 years
It seems evident that a lot of people are more anti Corbyn than they are anti Brexit, if a no deal Brexit is such a terrible disaster, you would think that holding your nose for a few weeks wouldn't be so difficult. A caretaker PM only has the power given to them by parliament
There's literally nothing Corbyn could do, that has any significant opposition, as he doesn't have the parliamentary numbers. There's no harm at all for the country, by putting him there, just for a short stint, unless you are a political opponent & his tenure proves popular