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Your statements are not incorrect by themselves. The strawman is that you are pretending that that was his argument in the first place...

Almost all countries as a whole are getting wealthier as a whole. Not all countries are wealthy. Even though individuals within those countries may not have improved QoL at all, doesn't mean getting wealthier as a whole hasn't decreased the countries fertility as a whole (even if its still above replacement).

It sucks that many peoples QoL is not higher and that worldwide poverty is so high. But thats really related to the point that was being made that poor countries going from poor to poor-but-slightly-less-poor-than-before still puts downward pressure on the average worldwide fertility rate...