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		mouse_ on Aug 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We do not know how to stop population decline "Some people will point to different reasons for this happening but they all fall apart under close scrutiny 1) People can't afford kids. That does't make sense. The world is richer now than ever before." The WORLD is "richer" than ever before. People aren't.

big-green-man on Aug 18, 2024 [–]

That's not true. I promise you your home, food, entertainment, tools to live your life are significantly better and you have way more of them. In developing countries, hunger is on it's way down, as is disease. All in all people are richer.

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