奇葩言论：婴儿出生率低是因为孩子越来越“没用”
<p>近几十年来儿童出生率开始骤减，这个现象从西方逐渐蔓延到全球发达国家，而且也正在感染许多贫穷国家。</p><p>学者指出，儿童出生率降低是因为儿童的贡献不如以前。</p><p>在社会转型前，孩子是父母重要的财产。他们的劳动力成为了父母的商品，而且他们习惯严苛的管束和节俭的生活。父母不仅可以占据孩子儿时的劳动力，还可以占据他们成年后的财产。</p><p>社会转型后，在大众教育的影响下，儿童成为了独立的个体。他们的个体地位上升，孩子不再是父母的劳动力，生活条件大大改善。与此同时孩子也逐渐变化成政府的财产，用来创造更多的社会价值。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="nineteenth">nineteenth</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="twentieth">twentieth</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="characterized">characterized</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="massive">massive</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fertility">fertility</span>, <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="rich">rich</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="spreading">spreading</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="transformation">transformation</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="underway">underway</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="today">today</span>.</p><p><span word="Technological">Technological</span> <span word="advances">advances</span> <span word="have">have</span>, <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="period">period</span>, <span word="radically">radically</span> <span word="decreased">decreased</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="mortality">mortality</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="span">span</span>. <span word="Modern">Modern</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ensure">ensure</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="survive">survive</span>; <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="survive">survive</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reproductive">reproductive</span> <span word="age">age</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="Darwinian">Darwinian</span> <span word="genetic">genetic</span> <span word="interests">interests</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fertility">fertility</span> (<span word="if">if</span> <span word="Darwinian">Darwinian</span> <span word="interests">interests</span> <span word="dominated">dominated</span>, <span word="fertility">fertility</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="survival">survival</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="observed">observed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="historical">historical</span> <span word="elites">elites</span>). <span word="Rather">Rather</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fertility">fertility</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="present">present</span> <span word="levels">levels</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="mostly">mostly</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="changing">changing</span> <span word="value">value</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="children">children</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="changing">changing</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="relationship">relationship</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="children">children</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="transformation">transformation</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="spontaneous">spontaneous</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="product">product</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cultural">cultural</span> <span word="transformation">transformation</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="education">education</span>.</p>
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