U.S. sees 5.7 million more childless women than expected, fueling a “demographic cliff” with 11.8 million fewer births over the past 17 years.
Capitalism’s nuclear family model is collapsing under its own contradictions. By commodifying childcare and fostering social alienation, it has made parenthood unsustainable for the working class. Yet capitalism’s survival depends on their reproduction. It's a crisis entirely of its own making.
