more like socialist policies aftereffects, first of all government pension scheme which gave the illusion to working class they didnt need to have childrens as a safety net for old age relegating them as the "fruit of love". Spoiler: the system still need an above replacement fertitlity rate to keep the ponzi pension going

Exactly.

The open question is whether we're watching a possible regressive backslide... Or the global community pushing forward towards whatever comes after capitalism, because there's clearly a huge slice of those eight billion people that capitalism is doing few favors.