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The real problem is that we keep reproducing uncontrolably. The religiously crazed keep pushing having tons of kids with NO WAY TO SUPPORT THEM. That's
by icandoitbetter 15y ago
The real problem is that we keep reproducing
uncontrolably. The religiously crazed keep pushing having
tons of kids with NO WAY TO SUPPORT THEM.
That's only the main issue if you're wearing Reddit atheist goggles. Population growth is steadily decreasing in developed countries. On the other hand, automation is becoming increasingly a problem and is partly responsible for the increasing economic inequality we are facing - people with access to the means of production have a lesser need for human labor, resulting in the disempowerment of the middle class.
- angersock 15y agoYou know, I keep hearing this meme about the evil robot taking away our jobs... how does this compare with the actual competition from overseas cheap labor? As I understand it, isn't it a lot cheaper to hire a bunch of third-world workers than to build out automated factories?
- thebooktocome 15y agoPerhaps I also have Reddit atheist goggles on, but if the religiously crazed have more children on average than the secular, at some point the number of the former will outnumber the number of the latter. And then, presumably, every near-democracy travels back in time one hundred years.
- paulhauggis 15y agoNot really because many atheists grew up in religious families.