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[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

Nothing wrong with that. Let population levels drip until about 2 billion or so. The rest of the worlds biosphere will thank us. Also all of humanity will thank us as life will become a whole lot more livable

[-] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago
[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Over what timeframe? Because if you go below a rate of what 1.8 or so you get gerontocracy and the productivity demanded of the working and child-rearing age population to support the elderly will be overwhelming meaning you'll have an even lower birth rate meaning things get even more dire.

And yes pretty much all developed nations are at that point already: It's either counter-steer to get up to 2.0 again, or enter a death spiral (have a look at Korea for one in full swing), or immigration but with the rest of the world ceasing to grow that won't be a solution for long.

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