Italians celebrate village's first baby in 30 years

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/italian-village-first-baby-in-30-years

by andsoitis • 7 months ago

37 25 7 months ago

rekttrader• 7 months ago

Wow, this reads like dystopian science fiction. As I celebrate the holidays with my newly born human, I sure hope that more people start wanting to bet on brighter tomorrows and actually put some skin in the game.

Pooge2• 7 months ago

Don't you think this is due to economical reasons and not necessarily pessimism?

TylerLives2• 7 months ago

No, poor people have more kids (I'm guessing you implied the opposite).

satori99• 7 months ago

My first thought was about Children Of Men

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0206634/

(Which is a harrowing, yet brilliant, film)

theoreticalmal• 7 months ago

My kiddo is celebrating their second set of holidays this year. I have many friends who espouse some variant of “I don’t want to have kids because I don’t want to pass on my ‘messed up’ genes/the world doesn’t need more people/some other sad excuse”. It makes me wonder what their lives will look like then they’re 40-80 years old.

ManuelKiessling• 7 months ago

Sad thing is, it’s affecting not just their lives when they are 80 years old, but ours too! Every childless old person is a person for which someone needs to take care of who isn’t family.

That’s not to imply people don’t have the right to choose if they have kids or not — but let’s not pretend that we are not all paying the price for that decision.

aeve890• 7 months ago

I sure hope that more people start wanting to bet on brighter tomorrows and actually put some skin in the game.

I'm optimistic about the future but I can't see how's that related to have children. In any case, having children is putting someone else skin in the game, not mine.

homeonthemtn2• 7 months ago

Here me out here:

We make wfh a right for all appropriate jobs

We improve fiber optic connectivity in rural communities

We incentivize young families to move to rural communities

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The main thing here is we break the unnecessary chains of offices and commuting and allow families to build where they have the space and want for them.

Cities are inherently isolating - space is at a premium - which means there is constant pressure to not expand in many different ways.

satyrnein2• 7 months ago

You need schools, pediatricians, daycare, other kids, etc. Cities (and suburbs) have those, not sure about every rural area. Certainly not the village in the article.

xen02• 7 months ago

An unfortunate reality is that you're never going to have such services until there are children for them to service.

Decline like this is difficult to reverse, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try.

GoToRO2• 7 months ago

Normally there should be higher taxes for companies that force work from office when there is no need for that. That is if we really want to be green and also care about the people.

Italians celebrate village's first baby in 30 years

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