looks like the breeders aint breeding no more son

  • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
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    4 years ago

    In addition to the economic conditions others have pointed out, male fertility is WAY worse (like half) than ~50 years ago. Some theories include pollution and poor diets or food quality: so still capitalism, but in a different direction

      • BezosDied [any]
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        4 years ago

        It’s already a coverup much larger than tobacco, and that one took 50 years to really come to light. At least with tobacco, the powers that be could just offer up one industry onto the sacrificial bonfire and be done with it. But if we start to widely accept that plastic is as damaging as it seems, the global economy in its current form will be guttered. The timescale for change with plastics will be a long one.

        • quarantine_man [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          But if we start to widely accept that plastic is as damaging as it seems, the global economy in its current form will be guttered.

          I think we have to stop making so much plastic anywhere because of climate change (not that we are actually going to do anything about climate change before we go extinct)

    • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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      4 years ago

      Pesticides, industrial pollutants, and micro plastics do seem to target the male ballsack and hurt fertility. Capitalism might end up killing itself Children of Men Style (along with the rest of the planet, common ruin of contenting classes yay)