• argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    You won’t convince people

    I don’t have to. Birth rates in the developed world are plummeting.

    And unless I’m mistaken, you are the one trying to convince people right now.

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      1 year ago

      Birth rates are plummeting to maintain what will probably be around 13 billion. That’s wildly distinct from willful extinction.

      I… What? You made a post saying people should do x, I responded. Yeah we’re both trying to convince people of a thing, I’m not sure I see how that is actually relevant.

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      1 year ago

      Birthrates are not plummeting to zero, if thats what youre implying. As people get more educated, they tend to have fewer kids. No one is considering having “fewer” kids because of the childs lifetime GHG emissions

      • argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        Birth rates are plummeting for a variety of reasons, but that is most certainly one of them. No one in their right mind would willingly bring a child into this world knowing what’s going to happen, and educated people know what’s going to happen.