Antinatalism is a byproduct of the machine.
The average age for people to move out is 25.
Those who do go into 3rd level education tend to need to do at least 5 years, masters expectancy.
Most emerge from college with some kind of debt that even if nothing else will hinder them from getting a mortgage or delay them in getting a home.
The optimal age for a woman to have a child is 20-25. The percentage chance is in steady decline from that point on. 35 is what's called a geriatric pregnancy.
People aren't having less kids as a fuck you to the machine, "we will depopulation you", they are having less kids because they don't have a choice.