• peeonyou [he/him]
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    20 hours ago

    oh nooooooooooooo what will become of our infinite growth?! won't somebody please think of the capitalism?!

  • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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    1 day ago

    Killing probably a whole % of your population at this point and disabling a shitload more in myriad ways because you didn't want to wear a mask at applebee's probably had nothing to do with it.

    • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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      1 day ago

      Fr. I do not believe these malthusians for a second biting their nails over population decline when they were clucking about how all the deaths and mass disabling would be “worth it” to keep business as usual.

      They refuse to protect existing people and would gleefully see 90% of the human race die just for a cheap laugh.

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      1 day ago

      Think this is more about the 1951-present trend rather than the 2021 value specifically.

  • Infamousblt [any]
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    1 day ago

    Could it be that literally nobody can afford to live and therefore are choosing to not start families? Or could it be the WOKES. Must be the wokes because THE ECONOMY is stronger than it has ever been! i-love-not-thinking

  • xiaohongshu [none/use name]
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    1 day ago

    This is why the US is destroying the European economy. As Europe sinks into fascism and economic depression, people will want to flee Europe and come to help build the Fourth Reich in America.

    • merthyr1831@lemmy.ml
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      12 hours ago

      It's such a short term goal.

      You get a few more births, but then a load of dead mothers, abandoned kids less likely to become skilled workers, and more women refusing to have sex in case they're burdened with a kid they didn't want.

      I mean we all know it's a dumb policy but sometimes I'm reminded that US fascists seem to want the mythical economy driven by (wage) slavery AND highly skilled technocrats

  • Des [she/her, they/them]
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    1 day ago

    here comes the bipartisan solutions to create as many "accidents you can't take care of yourself"

    oh what was that alienation and isolation, covid and microplastics are meaning even potential "accidents" aren't happening anymore?

    fry

    • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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      1 day ago

      capitalist-laugh: “Sorry kiddo, cities are for rich people now! And no, we’re not hiring! Stay in your hometown forever, Mr fancy pants. I’m sure you don’t mind spending the rest of your life living with mummy and daddy.”

      porky-scared-flipped: “wait, why is no one having KIDS!1! Yeah, I sabotaged millennials and Gen z’s chance to connect with the world, what does that have to do with people not having kids?”

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    1 day ago

    worse than even the Great Depression

    "These events can't have economic similarities. It must be wokeness and feeemales having too many rights!" up-yours-woke-moralists

    • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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      1 day ago

      MFW Malthusians literally think that their Malthusian ideas are the solution to the natural consequences of their Malthusian policies they successfully implemented before.

    • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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      1 day ago

      If we can economically ruin Europe over Ukraine, maybe we can get a bunch of European immigrants coming to the US for work?

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    edit-2
    1 day ago

    Game of Trades

    A name where Gambo and financebro shit comes together... if it hadn't already.

    jagoff

  • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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    1 day ago

    Dumbass country reaps what it sows, continues to be ginormous dumbass country.