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23. I agree. And why I always say a world economy based on perpetual growth means we'll never

Mon May 31, 2021, 01:46 PM

May 2021

succeed in fighting climate change, not at the level we need to to avert catastrophe.

A perpetual growth economy means no serious efforts to get to negative population growth, it is in fact anathema to the system.

But less people is EXACTLY what this world needs. Desperately.

If we don't do it ourselves, purposefully, the world (i.e. physics, chemistry, resource availability, drought, etc) is going to do it for us, and we're not going to like it one bit.

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Facing a demographic crisis, China to allow three children per family [View all] BumRushDaShow May 2021 OP

Well, I guess I haven't been paying attention, I thought families were still limited to just one Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #1

Just off the top of my head BumRushDaShow May 2021 #2

A super quick Google search result on "China's one girl policy" progree May 2021 #4

Thanks for the search BumRushDaShow May 2021 #7

That's what happens when.... paleotn May 2021 #14

Why Does It Seem the Birth Rate Goes Up modrepub May 2021 #13

I read somewhere that China will pass the US as the #1 economy for most of the century. Renew Deal May 2021 #3

How about Automation and how that would affect the jobs they think these future JI7 May 2021 #5

population should decrease lookyhereyou May 2021 #6

They should have thought through the one child policy first jimfields33 May 2021 #9

I agree. And why I always say a world economy based on perpetual growth means we'll never Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #23

I agree. But certainly not by government mandates. GulfCoast66 May 2021 #34

It's even thornier than just a falling population mainer May 2021 #8

more unattached males is never good. mopinko May 2021 #10

My mother always used to say BumRushDaShow May 2021 #12

probably why we needed to invent mopinko May 2021 #15

Believe it or not BumRushDaShow May 2021 #16

That also impacts global capital markets paleotn May 2021 #17

Single chinese men save? Where do you hear that? AZLD4Candidate May 2021 #21

Getting married or not getting married is the kicker. paleotn May 2021 #22

Thank you. I have first hand experience living there, married to a Chinese national AZLD4Candidate May 2021 #26

Pushed the brake pedal a little too hard for too long and undershot. paleotn May 2021 #11

I've read that the young couples with 2 incomes in the more urban cities dont want children onetexan May 2021 #18

While the Chinese government are idiots, the people tend to me more pragmatic (if they haven't AZLD4Candidate May 2021 #19

On the discussion on the 'dangers' of surplus men ... TomWilm May 2021 #20

Japan and South Korea are already in trouble dalton99a May 2021 #24

China needs to reinstate the one child policy. roamer65 May 2021 #25

I Agree GB_RN May 2021 #28

Yup. Definitely. roamer65 May 2021 #30

Yes, What Could Go Wrong Here? GB_RN May 2021 #27

In reality, almost now families will have even two children, let alone three. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #29

The largest and most effective birth control device is INFLATION. roamer65 May 2021 #31

its interesting that the GOP and their rich masters are all about stopping abortions yet they love yaesu May 2021 #32

Our own birth rate is way down too. summer_in_TX May 2021 #33

Years ago, an elderly family friend who was a history professor at the University of Michigan... ExTex Jun 2021 #35