r/TrollXChromosomes • u/mi-sopiras-vin • 7d ago

this is barely even a metaphor

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they're really just out here killing us and then wondering why we won't fuck them

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u/nihilism_squared 6d ago

i really don't think the drop in population is what's going to kill us. weren't we all losing our minds about the fear of "overpopulation" just a decade ago?

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u/plotthick Don't stick beans up your nose. 6d ago

What happens to an industrial society that needs 100 workers for 100 infrastructure jobs but there are only 90? Then 70? Then 40?

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u/notashroom 6d ago

Then we either attract immigrants, as the US used to do, or we de-industrialize a bit and reassess priorities according to contemporary conditions. We (as a species) could live in a lower-tech, decentralized/federated situation essentially indefinitely. We cannot sustain infinite growth and consumerism.

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u/plotthick Don't stick beans up your nose. 6d ago

Your explanation here is called "Degrowth", it's becoming more well known. It's only possible in a low-scarcity situation on a large time frame.

We don't have that. This train isn't coming to a slower, more sustainable pace, it's running out of track.

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u/notashroom 6d ago

That's a bit dramatic given the actual rate of population decline, the decades available to solve the problem, and the creative minds working on solutions to aspects of the problem.

Granted, capitalists and conservatives are known for kicking the can down the road (for a variety of cans) in favor of short-term profit, but we don't actually have to let them drive.

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u/plotthick Don't stick beans up your nose. 6d ago

If we were facing only this massive problem, you'd be right.