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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
Then there is the Idiocracy effect, where the people having the most kids are the poorest, least educated and least apt to successfully raise said children, but we feel no obligation to have children to offset such things.
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I have seen first hand in the Philippines the ethos of the poorly educated of having more children to increase the chances of one of the children making it so that he/she (the successful child) can support the rest of the family. The rationale is incredibly entrenched in the poor. The parents can't see that the best chance for a better life is to have one child and get that child the best education possible. Of course there is risk in this approach but I am suggesting there is a
better probability of success than having 6 children to feed and send to school.