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[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Which is exactly why there's such a strong instinct to increase birth rates to replace those dead.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No, high birth rates cause deaths tribal societies because they rely on the resorces avaliable in their environment and can't make more. Fertility is a negative in those cultures. They do all sorts of things from extended breast-feeding to infanticide to keep the population down.

Fertility was only celebrated once farming came along because every child was a free labourer. It isn't human instinct to increase the population, that's culture. You can see instinct play out on people's choices in the free-est places, they have 2-3 kids to replace themselves.

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Our society is very much built for the farmer-minded. Those who think differently not only struggle, but are considered horrible people.