He’s going about it in a silly way to grab headlines but there’s an underlying principle in the anti-natalist movement which is to resist the social pressure to have children. He’s making the point that people have children for the joy and pleasure they think they will bring them without too much thought for how those children will make their way in the world.
Isn’t he simply expressing how difficult it is for young people to support themselves, to find jobs and homes?
It’s no surprise that he comes from Mumbai, one of the most densely populated cities in the world with 54000 people per square mile. Compare London with approximately 8000 inhabitants per square mile in the City and 15000 inhabitants per square mile in the Greater London area.
The metropolitan area of Mumbai has experienced an explosion in growth over the past 20 years. The rapid population growth is attributed to migration from other regions in the country, with migrants seeking business and employment opportunities.
worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/mumbai-population/
That's a lot of people competing for jobs and homes.
This from the BBC two days ago:
A million more young adults in the UK are living with their parents than were two decades ago, research suggests. A quarter of 20 to 34-year-olds do so, the study, by think tank Civitas, says. Since 1998, this has risen by 41% in London, where housing is most expensive … And for 23-year-olds across the UK, the proportion living with parents has risen from 37% in 1998 to 49% in 2017.
If between a quarter and a half of all working age people in the UK between the ages of 20 and 34 are still needing financial support from their parents, especially in London, think what it must be like in a city with over three times the population density.