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So many kids in these poor countries, IMO come out of two things. First is the machismo attitude that most poor/undereducated people seem to have. They feel that somehow by having a lot of kids they are prolonging their legacy -- even if their legacy is nothing and their kids/country/world suffers as a result. The second comes from religions which require/suggest ppl have as many kids as possible, and/or forbid any kind of birth control. Which also has to do with the high rate of STDs and other social/medical problems. At some point people are bound to realize that, for the most part, religions cause more problems than they cure. If nothing else they give broke, uneducated, disease ridden people something to quarrel and kill over. Also as a justification for ruining this world we're in now, in the (false) promise of some glorious afterlife.
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