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@ConfuzedAZ "385,000 people are born every day"
For now
Yeah. Don't blame people at all for not having kids. Frankly the planet probably needs less humans.
The planet can absolutely support more humans.
We'd just have to be something that even halfway resembles responsible about it. Good luck with that part
As the world becomes more industrialized and its citizens desire more of the "first world life", I'm starting to be wary of that view.