As to the declining birth rate, I thought everyone understood that overpopulation is a bad thing?

Besides, in nature, it's usually the female who chooses the best mate, who has to prove his worth by doing the best dance, song, or strut. Humanity is returning to that norm, after centuries of men attempting to game the system such that women had no other choice.

And I'm all for it. It's high time men had to step up their game.

As to the value of higher education, sure, one could do without it. But it's going to suck when we no longer have engineers and scientists and doctors and teachers and all of the other educated folk who continually advance our country and world.