china had the one child policy for many years, it prevented starvation. who honestly thinks the earth can support 30 billion people without a serious decline in quality of life?

  • pedik [he/him]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    you cant stop people from fucking but you can provide them with free contraceptives.

    • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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      4 years ago

      The thing the overpopulation argument misses, imo, is that as people get richer they stop having as many kids. So the real solution here is contraceptives and redistribution of income, alongside degrowth policies.