10. “Private equity and consultants that are paid to tell you to just lay off workers.” —RiverParty442 “Funily enough, private equity and private credit are in trouble now, and they are cheesing their numbers so hard that it’s borderline fraud. Turns out you can only do the buy extract profits load with debts sell cycle on companies so much before they go under…

The author, u/thetimechaser — a parent who notes that childcare costs nearly match their mortgage — argues that the real driver of “plummeting” birth rates in developed nations isn’t shifting values or lifestyle preferences, but economic strain. While acknowledging that parenthood isn’t for everyone and shouldn’t…