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birth control pills ended the baby boomer generation (feddit.de)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Boomers appeared because the war ended, not because there was a lack of pills.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Almost as if humans reproduce much faster during times of abundance and a pill specifically designed to stop human reproduction would cause a dramatic drop in human birth rates ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Both can contribute to the cause.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Every generation before Gen X was conceived without The Pill being available. The fact that it did not exist has nothing to do with why there were more Boomers than there were Greatest Generation or Silent Generation.