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Re:Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for las... by partiallypro on Thursday February 24, 2022 @03:14PM (#30459677)
The entire Western world is declining birth rates. It's very worrying. People complained about over population, but a nose dive in birth rates can become near irreversable.
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Re:Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for las... by rodgerd on Thursday February 24, 2022 @04:29PM (#30460558)
There is no lack of people in the world. This is only an issue if you have some sort of deep-set racist need to only be around people of a particular skin colour.
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Re:Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for las... by cik2e on Thursday February 24, 2022 @05:10PM (#30460986)
The issue is what happens when you have a vast population of childless retirees and not enough younger working people to subsidize their existence.
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