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What's with people instantly becoming malthusians when fertility rates are being discussed? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by lorty@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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Like, where does this come from? Even people that aren't particularly conservative seem to think that less people = good. Maybe the problem isn't the amount of people but how their needs are met? Yes, the world is finite, but pretending that hunger, homelessness, wars and diseases are in anyway caused by the amount of people on Earth rather than how we deal with those things is as insane as denying climate change.

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[–] lorty@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Population growth is likely to slow or be virtually inexistent in a society where people are allowed to choose if they want children and how many they want.

[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

it's actually a sure thing. replacement birthrate is 2.1 kids. that's simply not happening in a world where women are actually free.

[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

True, that's why I don't don't believe it's the biggest problem we have