There's nothing unkind or assumptive about it. It's the inevitable conclusion to that trajectory of thought.

Problem: not enough young people.

Cause: women are having fewer children.

Callous disregard for environment: women are selfish to not want to uphold society and be grateful to those who provide goods and services for them by producing a replacement.

Response: Fuck you. I (childless women) am not having your damn babies for you, especially not just because you think you're owed some weird definition of gratitude. You get my gratitude when I pay for said goods and services like everyone else. Why should I have to pay twice?

At this point the purveyors of this ludicrous argument have basically three choices.

1. Realize they're being douchebags and drop it. Learn to think before flouncing their uninformed opinion and histrionics all over social media.

I won't hold my breath.

2. Realize those women were right. There are socioeconomic and environmental reasons why women aren't super thrilled to be birthing children anymore. Everything, states or not, relates back to that. Get to work on very real systemic issues so that women won't be so put off by the prospect of having children.

Again, as this would require a significant elevation of self awareness amongst this crowd, I won't hold my breath.

3. Continue on with this nonsense, convincing more men and mostly male policy makers that something has to be done about the collapsing population so you won't run out of your special goodies and if women won't cooperate and start putting out (metaphorically and literally) then by God as manly Men, you'll force them.

Tale as old as time.

If the (mostly) men pushing this argument get their way, they'll go for option 3 every time.

It's historical. It's precedent. It's happening. Again.

How fucking “noble". The magnanimity is inspiring. Truly.