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There was also concern over population explosion back then (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Population_Bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Population_Bomb)
by bluescrn 3y ago
There was also concern over population explosion back then (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Population_Bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Population_Bomb).
But talking about population has become quite the taboo. Utterly unacceptable to restrict reproduction, but it's cool to take people's transport/heating/protein away to save the planet?
- faeriechangling 3y agoIt’s not unacceptable at all to restrict population, it’s just a controversial notion. I’d go as far as to say that population restriction being good is an elite consensus.
- kwere 3y agoWesterners need to behave and sacrifice to atone past sins or whatever. Its all a religion with a veneer of scientism
- Faark 3y ago> population has become quite the taboo. Utterly unacceptable to restrict reproduction More like not necessary anymore, since birthrates tend do decline by themself in more afluent countries, once sex is decoupled from reproduction and children are not the primary retirement plan anymore. "Helping poor countries" is just easier to sell than "We must make them stop having babies".
- pixl97 3y agoBecause the book was wrong for the most part. We really didn't do anything to restrict population in the US, and without immigration our population would collapse. China is in far worse shape, they restricted number of children for decades, and now they are presented with a demographics crisis that could halve their population in 60 years.