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Re: Is humanity in decline?
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Originally Posted by goober
Every problem of this modern age is directly related to overpopulation.
Yet I still haven't heard a politician call for a drastic reduction in population.
So at this point, our political institutions have chosen to ignore the problem, or to talk around the problem, which means that the problem isn't to the point where it's a big enough problem to generate a meaningful response yet.
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In essence, the population is shrinking in developed countries. The nativity rate is lower than the replacement value of 2.1 children per capita. This is why some people in developed countries speak of underpopulation as a problem, rather than overpopulation. How can an increasingly smaller work force support all the elderly?
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