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Re:Stop Calling Each New Disaster “The New Normal” by pixl97 on Friday June 16, 2023 @10:23AM (#36357013)
>We can do it gradually

Good news, we already are. Most countries now are below population replacement level. Many countries like Japan are near panic because the population is going to drop very quickly in the next 20 to 40 years.

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Re:Stop Calling Each New Disaster “The New Normal” by hermannj314 on Friday June 16, 2023 @11:07AM (#36357860)
Capitalism is a pyramid scheme that feeds on population growth, but dealing with a shrinking population once is better than dealing with a large population forever.
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