It’s interesting how different countries are dealing and are effected by the declining worldwide birth rates. The most astounding statistic to me is that wildlife populations have dropped +70% over the past 50 years. Frankly, if humans think that we are in the right to drop wildlife populations by such a staggering amount, a slight drop in human populations only seems like a fair way to balance the scales.

  • @Greyghoster@aussie.zone
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    291 day ago

    Apparently endless growth is a good thing. How the planet is supposed to continue to provide and survive a continuous expansion of Homo sapiens is beyond me. The only way out is to decrease population growth and refactor the world economy away from endless growth.

    • @SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Really, we should just work towards keeping the world population stable and bring everyone out of poverty

      Not that we have to try particularly hard, the population is stabilizing off by itself

      We’re 8 billion people on the planet, we aren’t running out anytime soon

      • @Greyghoster@aussie.zone
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        523 hours ago

        The sad part is that a technological society built ethically might be sustainable however we’ve blown it with run away climate change.

        • BNE
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          15 hours ago

          Agreed. Feels like grief whenever I think about it knowing the current trajectory, to be honest.