The US total fertility rate is dropping.

This is a good thing, because having more than a few children is a luxury that our species cannot afford — not on this planet the way it is now.

The expense of having and raising children in the US is partially the result of that situation, and partly imposed by the cruelty of plutocracy. I campaign to end that cruelty, but fewer births is at least a silver lining to that cloud.

If we could get the whole world's fertility rate down well under 1.7, we would be headed towards a sustainable population.