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Re:How Zillow's homebuying scheme lost $881M by orangecat on Saturday March 19, 2022 @10:38AM (#30734076)
if everyone can comfortably afford food, housing and basic necessities, what is going to cause population growth to level off?

This is exactly backwards; both across and within countries, richer people have fewer children.

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Re:How Zillow's homebuying scheme lost $881M by qeternity on Sunday March 20, 2022 @04:55AM (#30741172)
The world cannot support 10 billion rich people (by current standards). High prices are one of a number of expected natural feedback mechanisms.

You’re pointing to a correlation which has no bearing on the future.

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