Well, true, the r-Select are having kids, but that is just adding more pressure to the system. Africa is vastly overpopulated and it is spilling across the globe. As a result infrastructure is crumbling, healthcare is out of reach for many, and no one is even addressing this serious problem. I guess eventually, when the demographic time bomb goes off in the west, China can waltz in and take the land and resources and at least we will have civilization... Well, I doubt they keep us around, but at least humans will have civilization.
But the high IQ k-select, who keep the lights on are by and large checking out. It is a very recent development, mostly post covid, so it is new, but it is growing. Most the men here are old enough or far enough along in life that it doesn't impact them. They already started their family and their focus is mostly on raising their children. I am in a unique situation to have a front row seat to it, and most so, sort of be swept up in it, due to how I never wanted to have to work a job and have kids.
The hopelessness I see and hear from 20 somethings is beyond what I ever imagined pre-covid. I get to have conversations with them about it, and it is almost always the same. The cost of college, the cost to buy a house, the competition for a very low pay entry level job, it is remarkable at how bad things are for them. Most of them accept they will never own a house or have a family. They then turn to some sin to pacify. Whether it is social media, tattoos, facial piercings, drugs, materialism, porn, hookup, it is a mess for them. I truly feel awful for them, I have no answers for them at all. I can't even recommend a field to go into, because most every field has been destroyed by DEI initiatives or H-1B visa workers.
I don't think a lot of men here truly realize how dire things are for early 20 somethings/late teens, and how much worse it is about to get. My honest belief is if we make it much past 2030, I will be surprised.