Car bomb explodes outside Palm Springs, CA fertility clinic, killing the car's occupant [17-May-2025]

[Babale]

@Chronos

It’s so refreshing, these days, to see a non-political sort of crazy.

@Dr.Strangelove

Is it non-political? Seems very left-leaning to me.

I don’t know if anti-natalism itself is a left wing belief, but it certainly touches on some other left winged beliefs and there’s some overlap. For example, environmentalism is generally left wing, and some anti natalists want fewer humans because they think humans are uniquely damaging to the environment.

@Dr.Strangelove

We’ve had a few anti-natalists on the board, like:

And some posts that are right on the cusp here

Is There Any Practical Way to Increase the Birthrate?

Most countries’ birthrates are now below that needed to replace the current populations. Mostly we consider this a good thing. Put that aside for a moment. Many things have been tried to encourage women to have more children. These include cash incentives, free or low-cost child care and so on. None of these ideas have worked. Can you imagine any practical way to increase birthrates in a population? I cannot.