Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M

Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by bojan on Monday June 08, 2026 @05:39PM (#48452558)

People do need to eat, but over 80% of the Dutch agricultural produce is being exported.

Also, good portion of it isn't even meant for human consumption. Think flowers or cattle feed.

This is not about feeding the population or about sustainability. It's simply about profit.

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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by picofarad on Monday June 08, 2026 @05:48PM (#48452701)

Are the cows pets?

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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by autoexec on Monday June 08, 2026 @09:36PM (#48455058)

If they're exporting crops that's about feeding somebody. People who would have to try to get their food elsewhere and have to worry about the standards/quality of those new sources. It's even perfectly fine for people to grow and sell flowers. There may be ways to make it more efficient, and maybe the government should be encouraging that so they can buy up some of the saved land, but I'd bet there are ecological consequences to paving over flower farms too.

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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by wqaatwt on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @02:49AM (#48457468)

Well Switzerland is effectively in the EU (economically if not politically) so same standard mostly apply anyway.

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