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Surprisingly capitalism seems to be helping here. A lot of people feel they are unable to afford to own a house and have kids at the same time.

• nawgz 6y ago
  Haha, "helping" and "growing wealth inequality to such disturbing extremes that the richest have more than ever before and more than most could conceive whilst the poor are faced with crushing existential dread and complete lack of power" might not be analogous to me, but yes.
  • canofbars 6y ago
    I'm not saying its helping the individuals, but if you look purely at the problem of overpopulation, its helping.
    • Lammy 6y ago
      Maybe 4°C+ climate change is how we'll maintain humanity under 500-million in perpetual balance with nature? https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/13/scientist-warming-could-cut-population-to-1-billion https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/13/scientist-warm... > “In a very cynical way, it’s a triumph for science because at last we have stabilized something — namely the estimates for the carrying capacity of the planet, namely below 1 billion people,” said Dr. Schellnhuber