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Our leaders have been calling for a population decrease since around the time of the civil rights era, so maybe future-humanity gets a coincidental-but-desired
by Lammy 5y ago
Our leaders have been calling for a population decrease since around the time of the civil rights era, so maybe future-humanity gets a coincidental-but-desired outcome after all?
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED050960.pdf#page=10 https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED050960.pdf#page=10
"The time has come to ask what level of population growth is good for the United States. There was a period when rapid growth made better sense ks we sought to settle a continent and build a modern industrial Nation. And there was a period, in the 1930's, when a low birth rate was cause for concern. But these are new times and we have to question old assumptions and make new choices based on what population growth means for the Nation today."
- ovi256 5y agoFringe leaders call for fringe positions all the time. None of the authors of that paper were elected officials, and that view never became policy of any state.
- Lammy 5y ago> and that view never became policy of any state. Not officially anyway: https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
- naoqj 5y agoWhat leaders ask for is not necessarily what the population at large needs.
- lm28469 5y ago> so maybe future-humanity gets a coincidental-but-desired outcome after all? If you fuck up the gene pool to get to that result I don't think you can call it "desired".
- collegeburner 5y agoIf we're going to decrease population then we should probably start finding ways to encourage reproducing only among the most genetically fit. There's a fine line to be walked with this line kind of thinking and itspast, but if we're going to so limit the pool of available physical and intellectual talent, we should make sure we minimize handicaps, obesity, addiction, mental illness, etc. Hopefully, gene editing obviates the these concerns.