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Continuing to increase the world population is absolutely nuts.

*I'm not interested in gradual natural declines from whatever factors. 2 max implemented now.

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[–] Paragone@lemmy.world -4 points 10 months ago

Sorry, but I'm disagreeing with you, in an unpopular way ...

: P

the average reproductive-rate need be managed,

BUT ...

it is much saner to have some couples childfree ( which many, if not the majority, nowadays, want ), & then have total support for the reproducing mothers.

I wouldn't want any genetic child-of-mine to exist, for any reason whatsoever.

However, since your, & my, & everyone's, Soul/CellOfGod/ChildOfGod can ONLY have life-experiencings in a life, and since our Souls/Continuums already competed successfully for conceptions/lives,

then it'd be idiotic to block/deny all other Souls/CellsOfGod to have lives of their own.

( that isn't against your argument, that is against others' arguments, in the reproduction debate )

Since many lives want to NOT reproduce, but to instead have their own lives for adult living, and not for children-family living, isn't that a right, too?

Therefore, to keep the reproductive-rate where it needs to be, to fend-off economic-collapse ( there needs to be sufficient next-generation, or collapse enforces economic hellscape on all of us ), those who do reproduce, need to do-so at the required rate,

and, obviously, social-support, education, etc, needs to be configured to back this reality.

See?

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