• nothx [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    Yeah that’s a valid point. I know people who are having s real tough time conceiving, so I’m sure that plays a part in the declining birth rates too.

    To your point, it would be great if that was an inadvertent positive tho…

    • Le_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.net
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      1 month ago

      there’s twice as many of us as there were 50 years ago, i think we can handle a quarter of a birth per adult for a while without any biological problems.

      i see no imperative to have 8 billion rather than 4 billion or any other amount, just don’t do genocide and eugenics etc.

    • chgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 month ago

      By fertility here I mean how many children people end up having, not their medical status.

      But yeah that’s a thing too, especially if people are trying for children later in life.