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Reddit relishing the news of declining birthrates

https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/1cqvfpo/the_global_birth_rate_is_also_at_a_red_light_the/?sort=controversial

Archive link to article for povertycels: https://archive.md/dQdUP

Signing off on the suicide pact :marseyrope: :marseygunshotsuicide:

So what? Let it happen. Too many people anyway. Let societies collapse.

Good there's way too many fricking people The earth was fine a little while ago when there were only like 4 billion of us let's get back to that

Nor should it. The world has too many people, as evidenced by how quickly we are wasting our resources, polluting the world, and killing off every other living creature.

lol. Enough babies for what? To maintain the capitalist approach to life? Awwww... whatever will we do?

Isn't this a good thing? Because of sustainability, climate changes, resources?

Don't worry, AI/robotics will save us :marseyrobot: :marseysnappy:

Robotics, automation and AI will solve this. Please stop this BS about low birth rates when we have an over populated world filled with pauper people willing to work for a bowl of rice. The only ones that benefit from having more people are the rich that can keep exploring workers.

Well it's a good thing the robotics/AI revolution is upon us. This isn't really an issue and this article is no better than fear propaganda.

The future belongs to those who show up. Support Catholic Christian Nationalism :marseypope: :marseycrusader2:

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Who'd have suspected that a couple of people hoarding wealth globally would fricking decimate everyones quality of life

SO TRUE! :#soysnootypefast:

!neolibs !anticommunists come and check this.

/r/futurology is infested with commies and degrowth r-slurs

Isnt the birth rate only an issue because most of our economy is based on constant expansion? Any other?

As opposed to what? Let's asume half the population is made up of 60+ years old (South Korea by the 2050s) how do you keep infrastructure running? Who's paying taxes? Who will take care of the elderly masses? Automation is great but we're yet to see a robot able to perform the same tasks as a nurse. Elderly populations are also stagnant both socially and technologically (the Japs still use fax machines).

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/r/futurology is infested with commies and degrowth r-slurs

Any subreddit about a fundamentally boring topic eventually becomes full of people dumb enough to find it interesting. See also: twox, oney, environment, relationships, etc.

"But it's the future! It could be anything!" Yes, it could be anything, which means that it is nothing.

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The welfare state is much more dependent on infinite growth than capitalism.

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Indeed, and even Thomas Piketty on his 800 pages long succ manifesto (Capital in the 21st Century) admits that as a country population growth stalls, so does social mobility.

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Canada has already solved that problem :marseymaid:

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The people who push for expansive welfare systems dont understand how welfare works :marseyaware:

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