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The steering wheel in the case of overpopulation being a general reduction of living standards in the best case and widespread genocide and refugee crisises in
by hmmmcurious1 2y ago
The steering wheel in the case of overpopulation being a general reduction of living standards in the best case and widespread genocide and refugee crisises in the worst case.
- dreghgh 2y agoNo, not true. Many societies in the world have voluntarily reduced reproduction to the point where population growth would be zero, except for improvements in longevity. These changes largely pre-date small recent drops in living standards, having taken place at the end of unprecedented runs of improvements in health and quality of life.
- hmmmcurious1 2y agoAnd how will you deal with the societies whose populations are booming in poverty and whom will desire to share your living standards? All the excess population from latin america, south east asia and africa will soon be displaced north by climate change
- jodrellblank 2y agoEnjoy reading about irrigation, greenhouses, mechanised farming, crop rotation, artificial fertiliser, herbicide, pesticide, the Haber-Bosch process, artificial selection, genetic engineering, futures contracts, state subsidies, refrigeration, salting, pickling, freeze-drying, vacuum sealing, National cheese reserves, food banks, and more!
- swiftcoder 2y agoThe steering wheel in the case of overpopulation is gentrification. Turns out folks with all their basic needs met have way fewer children than folks who are barely scraping out an existence.
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