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And we can't talk about people having less, or no babies here. I know HN's stance on overpopulation. Yea, industrialized societies supposedly need copious amo
by hellbannedguy 5y ago
And we can't talk about people having less, or no babies here. I know HN's stance on overpopulation.
Yea, industrialized societies supposedly need copious amounts of young people for the economic system to function, but how about just less young people until we find an answer?
(I won't be back to debate. I'm not an expert on anything. It just seems like more people in the world add to the global warming problem, especially in industrialized countries.)
- elbasti 5y agoIt just seems counterproductive. Like, as wildly unpopular as a $250 price per carbon ton would be, that would be orders of magnitude more palatable than a one child per couple policy.
- nine_k 5y agoThe problem of overpopulation readily solves itself with urbanization, education, and emancipation of women. Everywhere in the world, no matter what culture and religion, the effect is visible. So this can be solved with political means, but not with prohibitions.
- Sebb767 5y ago> especially in industrialized countries So those exact countries which had a declining fertility rate for ages now and, additionally, contain a rather small percentage of the world population? > I won't be back to debate I dislike this a lot, too be honest. Simply dropping a very divisive stance like this and then basically adding "but don't bother arguing" feels very disingenuous to me.