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Re:The “Do Something About It” Club by TacticalCoder on Saturday September 16, 2023 @11:44AM (#37535796)
> be the kind of person where if everyone acted like you, it’d make the world you want to live in.

My wife and I think exactly this way and we did just that: precisely for that very reason, we decided to have one kid. Not three. Not two (could have happened with twins but that's uncommon).

And if everybody were to do like us for a few generations, most of our problems would be solved in a few generations (and couple could start having two kids on average again).

And I do not care about the broken promises of failing states who need ever more young people to pay for the impossible-to-sustain pension schemes.

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Re:The “Do Something About It” Club by allendoerfer on Saturday September 16, 2023 @12:59PM (#37536501)
What makes the world valuable to you (or say more valuable than some other beautiful planet lightyears away)? Probably that more people (or intelligence in general) can experience it. Less people seems counterproductive then.

I think your reasoning only works as a concept in your head. As a short-lived dream were you can enjoy an image of the world in a future state.

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Re:The “Do Something About It” Club by deprecative on Saturday September 16, 2023 @07:20PM (#37539830)
Depopulation won't fix it. The problem is greed. But you live the life you want to live. It ain't hurting anyone.
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