LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCHJan 17, 2023

RT @[email protected]

Literally my entire adult life, I’ve been told that overpopulation would herald the demise of humanity. That it would destroy us.

Now, as population starts to shrink in the USA, Europe and China, we are again told to panic. That it’s a crisis.

Both these things cannot be true.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/willcarless/status/1615219315934121984

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“Literally my entire adult life, I’ve been told that overpopulation would herald the demise of humanity. That it would destroy us. Now, as population starts to shrink in the USA, Europe and China, we are again told to panic. That it’s a crisis. Both these things cannot be true.”

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@lcrw overpopulation is bad for the environment as it means more people consuming more resources and less wild areas. Shrinking population is bad for economies as it means fewer people working jobs and thus less money being paid into old age pensions and/or being spent. Both things can be a crisis for different reasons, they can also be bullshit for different reasons. The answer like most things is how we respond (based on history, we’ll probably respond poorly)
Jan 17, 2023 at 7:51pmWeb