• Bigtiddygothgrany@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    That’s exactly why I got a vasectomy. If it really comes down to it adopting is the better choice since those kids are already stuck existing so might as well just try to make the world slight less miserable for them

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      2 years ago

      Fertility rates are already below replacement. Africa will probably also get there within our lifetimes, so there will be nowhere to get new people from

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        2 years ago

        We don’t need more people. Yes, we built a stupid economic system that expects constant growth, but we don’t need that system, either. When world population drops under a billion, let me know and I might change my mind.

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          2 years ago

          Don’t worry, if we have WW3 we’ll be lucky if we can stay in the hundreds of millions.