Do you feel guilty when you are paid for your work?
No. You are an employee and you work and you are entitled to payment for your work.
Same goes for government assistance. You are a citizen and you are entitled to that assistance. It's literally no different. Our democracy set that assistance aside for you. It's yours, and until Congress changes the rules, you are entitled to it.
People might want to skiddley-poo but you actually have to meet someone IRL outside of work to do it.
The Winter Olympics is being absolutely dominated by nations with... checks notes ... cold winters and mountains.
Making money... So that they can buy a tv so they can spend their last two hours of awake time alone watching tv.
It has nothing to do with money and everything to do with community.
People aren't having kids because communities have been hollowed out.
I think "invest in IRL social institutions and socially encourage and incentivise people to be positively involved in their IRL communities" and the babies will come soon enough.
But, instead the constant "your miserable life is for work" message doesn't really make people want to skiddley-poo.
Aerodynamics are obviously very important in the sport, but I doubt it's that extreme.
A drop in birth rates is generally seen as a sign of increasing prosperity in a population... Up to a point. After a certain line it's a sign of decreasing financial confidence and insecurity.
What's going on is that in the Olympics the difference between Gold and nothing can literally be centimeters.
If there is something an athlete in the Olympics can do to give themselves another 3 centimeters they will do it.
I think "so many people meet at work" because many people don't have any meaningful IRL social connections outside of work.