in the time you went from 4.2 million to 5.5 million india went from 300 million to 1.4 billion
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bias, vague correlations, bullshit and flat out lies for midwits
Look at rich people. Do they all have 10+ kids? The way rich people have kids is by marrying 5 times and having kids with different women. They're immune to all the economic factors you quote.
You need to think of all women at once, not specific scenarios. Are ALL women going to have 6+ kids when they have a choice of doing anything else with their productive time? It simply won't happen.
Look at TFR needed for actual population growth. South Korea in 1960 had tfr 6+
They were the latest country in asia to stop slavery
How much is a house with 6 rooms going to cost in Rome?
Urbanism has always been a net fertility loss, in all of history. Why do all south koreans go to live in Seoul, where the housing prices are the highest? Why don't the women move to the countryside to farm and have 10+ kids? Because they can CHOOSE not to.
It's very easy:
you have 100$ on the right and 1000$ on the left. You can choose where to go. Which way do you go? If you reward women doing anything other than kids, they will do that. You think women all long to have kids? They long to have something small and cute to take care of. Like a puppy or a bunny. It doesn't have to be a kid. They'll abort the kid and buy the bunny, and keep working.
It doesn't matter what governments do. Pay them 50k. Give them a free house. They will still abort the kids and take on a job, because it means even more money! They will get plastic surgery, take birth control, and try to date Chad. Why wouldn't they?
Wake up, you're not the one having to give birth. You just don't get it. For women giving birth is a fucking negative in their lives, just like periods. It's being a kid and having fun forever vs your life stressed worrying over a kid. Most won't do it 3+ times if they can choose.