capitalism requires constant population growth in order to sustain itself. The idea of unending exponential monetary growth cannot be sustained without unending population growth. for this reason every business, and every form of capitalism is doomed to eventual collapse. The only reason why it keeps going is because our fucking governments keep propping it up. this is why Elon musk’s greatest fear is under population, it truly is the biggest threat to any filthy robber baron
Maybe the decision to have children is highly personal and should be left up to individual people to decide, either way?
I mean, is there any surprise about Musk?
Literally the opposite of this is true. Not having kids is one of the single best things you can do for the planet.
(Still want to raise a child? Adopt! There are so many kids out there looking for good homes and people who will love and care for them)
Not entirely accurate. Shit hits the fan before this changes too much and we are in much debt. Also infrastructure is somewhat of a fixed cost. I.e. being fewer people does not reduce infrastructure emissions.
Antinatalism isn’t ab answer to the problem, but might be a reasonable reaction.
That being said I do not want to advocate for having more children or put the blame for the systemic issues on the individuals suffering from them.
some infrastructure, but by no means all. But I think my stance has always been closer to “if they wanted me to bring in additional players, they should’ve made the game more fun to play”
For the time being, most countries can get a younger population by letting in immigrants (who are statistically younger). Would probably result in a softer landing than otherwise.
Debt and money are make-believe anyway. Just tokens in a game we play called capitalism.
I’m not sure about the infrastructure claim. Generally, if infrastructure is used less, it requires less maintenance.
50% of all habital land is already being used by humans and being degraded, which doesn’t seem sustainable, especially since so much of the world still lives in poverty. World population doubles every 61 years, so it seems like it would be nearly impossible to stay on the current trajectory for much longer.
Population decline will be the socio-economic epoch which finally puts an end to obligate growth capitalism, and the initial demographic crisis will force us to reprioritize how we use resources and technology to support aging populations. Historical materialism goes brrrrrr.
Refusing to make children for the capitalist machine is just good praxis.
the thing is, while not having babies is good for the planet, it is really bad or even a huge crisis for the economy depending on how it is set up as most economies are set up so that you people take care of the old
Please consider kids in foster care before adopting. Adoption is a huge problem in the USA and doesn’t always consider the child’s needs over the potential buyers. ); <3
oh i’m having sex, non procreative, that is
We need more slaves and forgotten youth. /S
make more babies
How about, give us more money?
Making them is easy. Caring for them is a very different thing. If corpos want me to make them, they better pay up
looks at sign.
Looks at woman holding it
“Alright, let’s go.”
“outbreed the
coloredsundesirables and feed the wage slave cycle!”All you need to know is that Everylife, the company behind this campaign, is a diaper trading company that officially pushes Christianity and fights “companies that have promoted the weakening of men in American society” and that “are pushing anti-family, anti-American agendas”.
This is such a fucked up combo of right-wing politics and diapers I can’t even
https://everylife.com/pages/our-mission
Let’s play a game called “how many red flags can you cram into a single paragraph of text”
I would like to ask that woman if she is pregnant right now. If not, call her a hypocrite
Ok someone give me this lady’s id I just wanna talk, just talk… ಥ_ಥ
Elon musk is just firing more and more people. What he want these kids to be? Steve Jobless?
He wants people to give him money, not the other way around.
He and his dad have a pregnancy thing. They both have some weird breeding fetish