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Re:Mount Everest is visible from Kathmandu for first time in... by naringas on Thursday May 21, 2020 @01:07AM (#23255001)
Why 10%?

Why not 5%? or 25%?

Also, how would you chose who gets to stay?

In any case I find it quite hard to justify a reduction of population based on being able to have better sights

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Re:Mount Everest is visible from Kathmandu for first time in... by dragosmocrii on Thursday May 21, 2020 @01:14AM (#23255033)
Ithink the ratio was chosen randomly, and is not important. What's important is to get the population number down in the longterm. Or, in other words, make sure that longterm the population doesn't grow beyond control. If you're having 2 kids in your lifetime, you're helping to drive the population down. Having at most2 kids is fair, don't! ou think?
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