If you think the earth is dying because poor people are having too many babies, that's about three logical steps away from ecofascism.

  • Melon [she/her,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Liberals are starting to get pretty awful about it. European countries especially have quite a growing interest in making sure sub-Saharan African people have fewer babies through "access to contraception." People can't deny that contraceptive access is important for women's rights and financial autonomy, but the justifications European countries come up for having such a policy is based on the projected environmental costs of developing Africa for propping up a growing African population. The unstated motive is how frightened much of the West is of having an Africa that isn't specifically developed for extraction.