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Re:Japan’s population drops by nearly 800k by aaron425 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @03:54AM (#36874387)
I agree. I’m not sure what people’s preoccupation with increased population growth is. And how more people is inherently a good thing.

Sure, the Earth has resources that if distributed more efficiently, could support more people (some say by a magnitude). But are governments and companies incentivized to extract and distribute things more efficiently? Will they ever be? What is the cost to other species and the biodiversity of the planet? We’re already in the midst of a mass extinction event, and it’s sobering to realize that future children will only think of some animal species barely hanging on today as “dodos”.

Re:Japan’s population drops by nearly 800k by hellisothers on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @12:32PM (#36880473)
Reproducing is the easiest way to spread your culture/country/ideology. If your population stagnates your tribe may vanish.
Re:Japan’s population drops by nearly 800k by twelve40 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @08:11PM (#36886996)
> "Our nation is on the cusp of whether it can maintain its societal functions"

Because they are headed for societal collapse, perhaps? Unless you think their prime minister is lying.