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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by soco on Monday June 08, 2026 @03:54PM (#48450867)
> That is an utterly meaningless statistic

It's very meaningful, when the main argument is population overcrowding.

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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by Argonaut998 on Monday June 08, 2026 @04:01PM (#48451006)
The entire human population can fit within Los Angelas. It’s not a good metric in general. Pressure on public services, resources and housing is far more useful
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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by jason-johnson on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @02:31AM (#48457325)
The entire human population could stand there: each person would have roughly 1.5 to 5.4 square feet of space—less than the size of a single chair. If you actually did get all of humanity in LA it would instantly break out in war.
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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by ceejayoz on Monday June 08, 2026 @03:59PM (#48450980)
Read the rest of the post.
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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by deaux on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @07:53AM (#48459892)
It's completely useless, because you're comparing country area level.
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