so I don’t know a lot about this topic other than that some fascist freaks are concerned about “overpopulation” as an excuse to cull the people they perceive as inferior, while other fascist freaks support population growth to satisfy their breeding fetish and seed the planet with their “superior” genetics

my perception then, is that we should just be normal about population growth rates and it’s probably chill either way, like stop being so weird about it

I don’t believe the overpopulation myth because there’s plenty of room if we build cities smarter, most scarcity is artificial and our impact on the climate has more to do with the capitalist mode of production than the number of people. underpopulation doesn’t concern me either with 8 billion people on the planet, idk seems like a lot to me

but again I haven’t actually researched this subject at all, are there any genuine / non-fascist concerns with regard to population growth or degrowth?

edit: guess I should add that population growth is bad in say, a settler-colonialist state and population decline is obviously bad if it’s the result of genocide or oppression

  • robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 months ago

    degrowth isn’t about the population, it’s about over-production and waste for profit rather than organizing the economy around human need.

    the current liberal systems eat shit if there isn’t continuous population growth, but i don’t think it’s a viable angle for deliberately undermining capitalism. my argument against having kids is the suffering they would be subjected to.