This article perpetuates, with no evidence, the assumption a declining population is a "demographic crisis."
Implicit is the similar (false) assumption perpetual exponential economic growth is good.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/business/china-birth-rate.html?unlocked_article_code=SED77nENH4RZIpjLfGpl8xthf4A1ybcNHAlpGtMCCNrBh5jhSaySwWTvg-TdkxRnrMGjO-zE6aZn6ijA8QVQPjIXKORo7fBjaTIb0Za4FWiVCY4Mz9zdNmka31OPVNBBrkGWV5iVQ4ygK7h8IiimfBqkyRggiks4R7pqseBNFdUJQDpMddO5UabLD-GwEMffbgk9mjsElkR6FKV2oX8q8W3Dtl6h4m3JcvgVMyNyo3KgcxQ3-kqE0_GgXt_lhOO5XEyj7c6A_u3G9N-k5eSsXWQrUdkCRgdZBwnDOer9x4M82rye8BzGYC6zFwOI3PWQhWSOvRl9hH6sP3Y&smid=share-url

Capitalism, the way I define it, is a force that makes the rich richer and the poor poorer, with all the known consequences.

How do you define #capitalism?

With https://conservative.capital and https://mastogelb.de the Fediverse has servers about #conservatism and #liberalism.

I wonder how much potential non-leftist instances have, so here is a #politics #poll:

Do you consider yourself...?

Please  for sample size!

It’s wild that we can see images like this from NASA’s Webb Telescope - galaxies hundreds of millions of light years away, stars being born & dying - and yet carry on ravaging the planet as if it’s not miraculous that somehow, we’re here.

A tiny speck of sand in the vastness of the cosmos. #space

HelloFresh accused of using coconut milk obtained from monkey labor

"Monkeys are chained, whipped, beaten and forced to spend long hours picking coconuts, an investigation by PETA Asia alleges."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hellofresh-monkeys-coconut-milk-peta-animal-abuse/ via @cbsmoneywatch

After her baby died in the night, a young mother called 911.

Police thought they could read her mind just by listening.

How Jessica Logan’s Call for Help Became Evidence Against Her

https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-jessica-logan-evidence by Brett Murphy

Twitter is a good example of how quickly complex systems can become fragile. A good reason to take another look at this video.

"I doubt that 1% of people really understand what we’re facing here: the prospect of systematic environmental collapse. The collapse of the whole thing; our life support systems in total." George Monbiot

#ClimateCrisis CC @luisaneubauer @gretathunberg @S4F @wolfgangcramer @W_Lucht @ZLabe et al