Population Control

[sparr0]

The world's population is booming. This is not necessarily a good thing. How many billions more people can the world support if we continue to find an infinite amount of petroleum from which to make fertilizer? How many billions fewer can it support if we don't? Different studies put these numbers at wildly varying levels, many of which have been

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[zombie_dog]

Yeah this comment covered pretty much everything that I was going to say.

Also ditto the below sentiment: forced government sterilization, brr.

[xochitl]

Okay maybe I'm reading you wrong, but in this scenario, rich (and presumably, in our society, mostly white) people can buy the right to have more children? I'm smart, educated, and also poor. Should a person like me not have the same right to a big family if they want one?

And the idea of government forced sterilization is... scary.

[xochitl]

I think "if you can't feed em don't breed em" is a pretty good rule to live by. I can barely feed myself right now, hence why I have no children. But if I was able to support myself and however many theoretical children I chose to have, I don't see the problem. Being rich doesn't mean the kids will have a better life, or be more loved than someone who is poor. I don't think the deciding factor for having children should be money. Are we gonna screen all the parents to make sure they're not abusive assholes? It's just way too problematic.

I don't think having children is a right or a privilege-- it's biology, and it's gonna happen no matter how many laws we try to put on it.

[xochitl]

Also, like I mentioned before, in the US the majority of the money is in the hands of white people, so that means white people will be able to have more children. I see a BIG problem with that.

Am disabled

[jolefay]

So I got an IUD. FOR THE EXACT REASON THAT I AM ON DISABILITY. It is UNFAIR for me to have a welfare baby because I can. Ants can have millions of babies because they can. If we live in a world where people keep doing shit just because they can we are fucked. However, I learned tonight that the Iranian Gov't is ushering in the end of times. So I guess all the religious loonies get their wish. Something tells me being left behind would be refreshing.