I really don't think this is a bad thing. In practice it's bad because all our economics and industry is based around infinite growth. It's not about making pr

I really don't think this is a bad thing. In practice it's bad because all our economics and industry is based around infinite growth. It's not about making products so good they last a long time, reduce factory work and increase wages for everyone involved. It's about advertising, selling people more things, pleasing shareholders (which always involves increase revenue; never stability), obsolescence (both planned and negligent), etc. When you talk about reducing overall pollution, reductions in population will reduce consumption and waste. But for that type of attitude to take hold, there needs to be a huge shit if the way people in both the west and east look at the world. Sadly I don't think that will happen without a crisis, whether that's over or under population. Otherwise people start crying out "eugenics" or some racist "replacement" rubbish. On a side tangent, I wonder if the very real risk over the abortion debate going to the Supreme Court in the US has an effect on this. Are people choosing to not have kids now because it may not be a choice soon, or if Cassy vs Planned Parenthood gets extended, will the birth rate increase because people lose one of their birth control options?