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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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children)

largely to no avail

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (6 children)

"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."

[–] DR_Hero 3 points 3 months ago

I hear eugenists say "there's not enough people" in place of "we need more specially white folk so the uneducated colored don't replace us" far far more often, see Elon musk and the like.

I've actually only ever heard "there's too many people" come from anti capitalists.

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