Taiwan monthly births hit record low as population decline continues (focustaiwan.tw)
from Beep@lemmus.org to world@lemmy.world on 10 Mar 07:59
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TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works on 10 Mar 08:12 next collapse

Okay, good. We should have less humans in the world.

hammertime@lemmy.org on 10 Mar 08:17 next collapse

India disagrees haha

clot27@lemmy.zip on 10 Mar 09:13 collapse

Nope, from 3.5 to 1.9 in 2 decades

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GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip on 10 Mar 11:25 next collapse

Feel free to volunteer for sterilization

TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works on 10 Mar 11:30 collapse

Already done :3

Havatra@lemmy.zip on 10 Mar 12:01 next collapse

Unsure about the “need”, but with current systems, less people would be beneficial in a multitude of ways, indeed, as long as it’s a somewhat controlled reduction. The first thing to suffer is the business model based on infinite expansion, which if they follow other countries’ trend, they will start to cry about to the government pretty soon, demanding efforts into increased reproduction. (Like Japan making alcohol cheaper for youth, and China making condoms more expensive.)

REDACTED@infosec.pub on 10 Mar 23:46 collapse

I’ve always wondered why are comments about overpopulation downvoted on Lemmy when that is objectively, scientifically a real problem. Last I checked, earth can handle around 3-4 billion people under our consumption model. The earth is dying.

I do believe that once problems that commonly at the core occur from overpopulation (ie. rise in cost of living, housing crisis, water problems, etc.) the humans will simply not feel like making kids, so this is self-correcting problem, but still very damaging.

gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de on 10 Mar 13:52 collapse

Random thought: If there’s a breakthrough in life-prolonging medication in the next decades (i.e. you live to 120 instead of 80), that would mean that world population would go up by 1.5x simply due to that, so if there’s no prior drop in numbers, that might not be sustainable.

Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works on 10 Mar 13:56 collapse

Yes but there won’t be medication you’re talking about.

And if there was they wouldn’t ever give it to regular civilians.

gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de on 10 Mar 14:06 collapse

And if there was they wouldn’t ever give it to regular civilians.

takes 20 years for patents to expire and cheap generica to become available