Why you, personally, should want a larger human population

Re:Why you, personally, should want a larger human population by chr1 on Sunday February 25, 2024 @02:52AM (#39498583)

Before capitalism all of the world was "Third world". And the equity you get without capitalism is everybody being equally poor. And then millions die, like in every attempt to build communism in past century.

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Re:Why you, personally, should want a larger human population by waffleiron on Sunday February 25, 2024 @03:06AM (#39498669)

I know it’s unfashionable to say on a venture capitalist forum, but millions die under capitalism too.

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Re:Why you, personally, should want a larger human population by lars512 on Sunday February 25, 2024 @04:26AM (#39499187)

That's certainly true and remains an unacceptable state of the world, but it's also true that globally, it's a steadily decreasing number, even under conditions of population growth.

E.g. looking at child mortality over time

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-deaths-igme-data

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Re:Why you, personally, should want a larger human population by Thiez on Sunday February 25, 2024 @05:00AM (#39499423)

And in same (many?) cases it's intentional, e.g. by overthrowing governments so the West has cheaper oil, gas, or bananas (Guatemala).

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