With the risk of wading into very controversial political territory. I think it's incredible that people have been told for 2 decades that the number of humans

With the risk of wading into very controversial political territory. I think it's incredible that people have been told for 2 decades that the number of humans that exist is too many, that people should not have kids (it's so hard!, and expensive, treat yourself!), and so forth. But on the other hand, our society is designed in a way that: if it's not growing; it's disasterous. Which meant that our societies, thinking short-term as they do: turned to migration. Which can be quite unpopular and lead to civil unrest. IF having children is bad for the environment, why don't we just plan to shrink our economies? I know I sound naive but it's absurd to me that we don't make plans to have a shrinking population if obstensibly that's what we have to do as humanity to survive. Importing people is the worst kind of band-aid, it's totally unsustainable! And we still tell people not to have kids.