Re:MIT Predicted Society Will Collapse in 2040. Research Sho...
by s1artibartfast on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @06:34PM
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It is a political non starter. US population growth is driven by immigration, not birth rates.
Focusing on population reduction in other countries is politically toxic. It is too conceptually close to eugenics, genocide, and racial conflict. That said, the idea of reducing population growth still underpins efforts to improve the standard of living the third world, it just isn't branded as such.
Focusing on population reduction in other countries is politically toxic. It is too conceptually close to eugenics, genocide, and racial conflict. That said, the idea of reducing population growth still underpins efforts to improve the standard of living the third world, it just isn't branded as such.