Across Southeast Asia, governments are sounding the alarm over declining birth rates and an impending “demographic crisis”. But let’s not pretend the crisis is that young people are having fewer children. Just look at the world they’ve inherited: climate collapse, rising authoritarianism, unaffordable housing, stagnant wages, unpaid care burdens, and deepening inequality. ⚠️ 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 �