Canada

I wonder how much of the cost of living crisis is due to our shitty productivity?

It seems like regulations and government programs favour incumbents, be it telecoms who don't want to deal with upstarts, fish plant owners who don't want to automate, Tims franchises who don't want to pay their workers, or NIMBYs.

I get that there were supply chain issues due to COVID-19, but did those cause problems, or exacerbate existing issues?

Good! Maybe we can get back to sane population levels and half of these problems with the housing market and global warming will just resolve themselves. The earth's population has more than doubled since I was born, and let me tell ya, it's noticeable. It's noticeable everywhere I look.

Considering that if you aren't making a lot, you can get quite a bit of money every month for each kid through child benefits until they are 18, I don't think the cost of housing is the issue.

Here's a radical thought: Maybe people simply don't want to be burdened by kids.

Perhaps if we stopped pressuring mothers into believing that they NEED to have kids, or that couples can't be complete without a real family.

Maybe then we can start normalizing the fact that not everyone actually wants (or needs) kids.

EDIT: For you idiots downvoting, could you at least read the study? It agrees with what I wrote!

Fuck cars.

Cars are taking our living spaces, roads, excessive parking. Cars are ruining out health, pollution, no one walk anymore. Cars are expensive for everyone. Cars are a drain on society's wealth and yet, we made damn sure that everyone need one.

Cars are probably one of the biggest factor, in my opinion, for a lot of problems in society.