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I find it pretty hard to get alarmed about the impacts of declining population when my family and I have spent the 2019 summer on the run from a raging bushfire
by lexandstuff 3y ago
I find it pretty hard to get alarmed about the impacts of declining population when my family and I have spent the 2019 summer on the run from a raging bushfire, and a few years later, I watched my neighbouring suburbs get washed away in the 2nd once-in-a-century flood we've had in a decade.
Sorry, but I think the world needs fewer people right now, and I'm doing my bit to help.
- averageRoyalty 3y agoIt's an interesting problem. Less people means scaling issues - the CFA, government flood funds etc work significantly better with density creates by higher population. We also have a hugely aging population we need younger people to be able to care for.
- Manuel_D 3y agoWith fewer people you're going to experience raging fires, cataclysmic flood, and a massive pensions and social security deficit on top of the previous two. I don't think a gradual shrinking populations are a bad think in the long-term, but a sharp decline in birth rates will have negative effects.