> I have an incredibly comfortable lifestyle saving for retirement, traveling and buying real estate. The moment I become responsible for another human, that all goes away.
You realize that with the deflation that will hit most developed countries, all your savings will evaporate right ? It's a mathematical certainty given the way the economy works (coupled with fertility rates of < 1.5).
Immigration might work, but race is a big deal with a large section of the population esp. when it comes to low-end stuff.
You kid but in reality our children are nothing more than mere genetic copies. Memetically they are assets of the state and the media, academic and pop-culture class. No one really cares about the genetic part (it's generic) today; furthermore, there's no culture or tradition to pass on, so you're essentially paying a great amount to run the debt-economy.
I'm sure people have caught onto this, esp. with the breakdown of the family system (a big cause is the memetic disconnect). It's not even like you'll be looked after later on in life - there's zero justification for having kids (other than things like 'companionship', which let's admit it, a dog would do a better job of).
If you're a guy esp. in insanely misandric countries like India (where you and your family can be thrown in jail at the mere word of the bride; where the culture/languages of the land are increasingly banned by the colonial state) it's even less so.