• @YoBuckStopsHere
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    -3311 months ago

    There won’t be anyone to care for the elderly or work normal, service, or public service jobs. The economy will crash, and life will feel like a dystopia.

    • @givesomefucks
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      11 months ago

      This isn’t a hypothetical. There’s been a lot of events that cause a sharp population decline. And everytime, the working class make out like bandits because their labor value skyrockets.

      The wealthiest lose money, but I’m cool with that.

      Maybe if we’re lucky the next couple generations won’t fuck it up again.

      • @YoBuckStopsHere
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        -2011 months ago

        Yes, but those not having kids won’t benefit; those who have kids will benefit.

        • @givesomefucks
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          1911 months ago

          No…

          The next generation benefits if there isn’t a lot of them.

          The parents of the next generation are still raising them, which sucks right now and is expensive.

          But expecting them to pay for you in your old age is pretty much the worst reason to have kids, and those people probably aren’t going to have kids that want to be involved for very long.

          And for some of us, we don’t just care about our own offspring, we care about all humans.

          And the next generation is going to be a lot better off if overpopulation stops being such a huge problem.

          But you keep jumping between defenses for it. It makes it look like your just saying whatever best defends having children.