• athos77@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    The researcher points out that births “will increasingly be concentrated in the areas of the world that are most vulnerable to climate change, resource scarcity, political instability, poverty and infant mortality.”

    Well, this can only end well …

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      7 months ago

      Having 0-2 happy children vs having 8-12 children running around dirty, hungry and naked.

      Yup. People naturally choose the former if they can, but a country with fewer people is weaker and may become poorer.

      So it’s a government’s job to make it affordable to have children.

      This part of reality is explained best via logic which may seem a bit fascist, but it does exist. It’s not a good thing to be eaten.