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Re:Reproductive Problems in Both Men and Women Are Rising at... by pixel_tracing on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @11:09PM (#26576133)
This is an argument that most people come to an initial conclusion for.

Unfortunately economics doesn’t work this way.

You need a steady supply of new borns to support and be providers / producers who then in turn take care of the elderly this is the way society works and has for centuries.

A countries work output is determined to some large degree by their population size.

Just look at Japan and see how it stagnated as a world super power. Almost a century ago Japan was poised to be a world super power just like the US.

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Re:Reproductive Problems in Both Men and Women Are Rising at... by owyn on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @11:18PM (#26576216)
A steady supply of producers is also an increasing number of consumers. At what point is that unsustainable? Which is more important in the long run, the competition to be a "world super power" or having a livable planet 1000 years from now? If economics is more a human invention and less a fundamental law of the universe, maybe "economics doesn't work this way" is something we can change.
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Re:Reproductive Problems in Both Men and Women Are Rising at... by pixel_tracing on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @11:30PM (#26576285)
I am confused by what point you are trying to make, do you want us to live in the dark ages? Do country foreign policy relations just suddenly disappear?

How does this plan for ending consumption work in your mind?

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Re:Reproductive Problems in Both Men and Women Are Rising at... by Bancakes on Thursday March 25, 2021 @05:44AM (#26578128)
Having social media and these toy devices is semi-required. Plus, we don't get them for free, we pay a LOT of money for technology.
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Re:Reproductive Problems in Both Men and Women Are Rising at... by pixel_tracing on Thursday March 25, 2021 @12:28AM (#26576601)
This seems more like a YouTube comment thread than hacker news am I in the right place? :-)
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Re:Reproductive Problems in Both Men and Women Are Rising at... by gremlinsinc on Thursday March 25, 2021 @05:13AM (#26577926)
Is this the iPhone made in America or Communist China? Your argument is a strawman's at best, as is mine but I'm being facetious on purpose.
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