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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Oh you mean eugenics and reproductive control. Yea, also genocidal.

[–] bluefootedbooby@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Jfc, I'm not castrating anyone, just asking nicely - consider not making more. Maybe 8 billion is plenty.

[–] Polisheocket@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Probably need to direct this to the people in India and china who hold 1/4 of the worlds population

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Cool. You can "say that". But that doesn't happen. People have kids.

Come up with one idea or policy that actually results in people having less children? Because that's what the comment you replied to is saying. They are talking about the inevitable policies that come from the "just have less" ideas.

The idea is pointless if it just lives in your head. Would be great if everyone that read this comment gave me $1. But no one's gonna do that unless I actually had a reason for them to. The reasons to place on people to have less children either don't work or are human rights violations.

You sound like the dumb "smart guy" that says "we could have world peace if everyone just smoked weed everyday".

You don't solve something by coming up with a solution with no means of reaching it. It's why the "population problem" is so good for propaganda. It redirects the problem and distracts stupid people that haven't actually thought through how that would work.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 4 points 2 days ago

The plan here is women's education and access to contraceptives. These 2 things very consistently cause a significant decline in fertility rates. To the point that leaders across the globe are shitting their pants over it.

Consider that ~50% of births globally are from unplanned pregnancies. Prevention of those can do a lot of heavy lifting.

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago

Dude, chill.

There is nuance between eugenics and forced births.