Birthrates are plummeting worldwide. Can governments turn the tide? Nations are deploying baby bonuses, subsidised childcare and parental leave – largely to no avail. (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] MaximilianKohler@futurology.today 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

largely to no avail

Great news. It's insane how few people seem to care about the damage occurring from overpopulation.

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 10 months ago

"Overpopulation" is bunk. We have the resources to sustain 8 billion people, (or more, really) just not 8 billion Americans. But when people say there's too many people, it's usually a eugenicist argument that really means "there's too many people in those poor countries."

[-] MaximilianKohler@futurology.today 0 points 10 months ago

Nonsense. That's an extremely ignorant statement. The current population level has been doing massive damage to our planet. https://github.com/MaximilianKohler/Archive/wiki#some-of-the-major-problems

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Your entire argument is climate change? You do know climate change is not a root problem, it is a symptom right? Kill capitalism and you save the planet.

Also, you're just proving my point. The vast majority of ecological destruction and GHG emissions come from the top 10% of the population in terms of wealth. In other words, most Americans, Canadians, Australians, and Europeans - capitalist countries. If we the 10-15% stopped living such excessively lavish lives, the planet could sustain us all.