4 ms·
One day I will understand the causes behind the fixation of HN (and other social media sites) with fertility. However I am not sure I want to.
by thefz 1y ago
One day I will understand the causes behind the fixation of HN (and other social media sites) with fertility. However I am not sure I want to.
- pjc50 1y agoIt's right-wingers obsessed with "replacement" memes, combined with the usual doomerism.
- Saline9515 1y agoLeft-wingers use depopulation to justify an increase in immigration[1]. Both sides talk about this, this isn't just an obsession. [1] For instance: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/lets-have-more-immigrants-not-more-babies/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/lets-have-more-immigrants... - note that the author has founded a non-profit to actively promote birth control.
- thefz 1y agoYeah. And generally obsessed with what women do with their reproductive organs
- hackinthebochs 1y agoBirthrate collapse precedes societal collapse. Everyone should be concerned about it.
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- missedthecue 1y agoIt takes about 10 minutes of middle school math to think through the rather catastrophic consequences and their second and third order effects. The consequences will literally be worse for civilization than the worst IPCC projections of climate change, and arrive much sooner! I'm honestly shocked we talk about anything else.
- bdangubic 1y agoI'm honestly shocked we talk about anything else. It is 2025, we only talk about what people that are in control of our lives (politicians) decide we should talk about. this is why at thanksgiving and christmas dinners we all talk more about two transgender teenage athletes (in a country of 350m people) than IPCC projections or anything else that matters for future generations :)
- thefz 1y agoSo we should keep growing indefinitely?
- missedthecue 1y agoWe ought to at least replace ourselves. Shrinking 55% every generation is an auto-genocide.