• Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Why? None of these right-wing fertility projects ever address the underlying motivation for higher birthrates. Why is it so important that we have more babies? I would love to hear them explain it like I’m five.

    • Grappling7155@lemmy.ca
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      4 days ago

      When the black plague happened in Europe centuries ago, enough people died that hiring labourers became a competitive process, so wages and benefits went up. Assuming business minded right wingers pay attention to history, they probably want to avoid a repeat.

      Religious social conservatives want more babies because their religion demands it.

      Racists feel threatened by immigration and want to rebalance the population in their favour.

    • patatas@sh.itjust.works
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      6 days ago

      Danielle Smith tells Sherwood Park town hall that Hungarian far-right leader Viktor Orbán has an ‘interesting’ idea to reduce immigration

      Because racism/nationalism