• HasturInYellow@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    2 days ago

    People seem to react very poorly any time it is mentioned that exponential growth is bad, no matter what is doing the growing. The economy, the population, debt, cash reserves, disease, or anything else.

    Exponential growth doesn’t happen often in nature, but when it does, it is indicative of a severe imbalance and will shortly rectify itself. Often quite violently.

    Suggesting that we should try to reign in the exponential growth that we have going on in many sectors of our society before nature does it for us is met with rage and accusations of desiring genocide or mass death.

    To these people I would say, we will see mass death and chaos if we do nothing, but if we do something to actually prevent that, we will very likely see the same thing on a smaller scale because undoing that growth IS THE SOLUTION.

  • StoneyPicton@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    arrow-down
    7
    ·
    2 days ago

    It cannot be countered at all, no matter what you do with capitalism. It can be slightly mitigated in order to provide time to adapt, which should include substantial reductions in population.

    • Bizzle@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      2 days ago

      Who exactly would you see genocided to realize your new world order?

      • StoneyPicton@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        2 days ago

        No genocide. We’re already seeing population reduction around the world that is being offset by immigration. With a coordinated effort we could accomplish a lot through attrition. Stop being so melodramatic.

      • rah@feddit.uk
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        3
        ·
        2 days ago

        Reducing the population doesn’t imply killing.

        • Bizzle@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          3
          ·
          2 days ago

          Lmfao ok, who would you choose to strip of their reproductive rights and personal autonomy?

          • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            4
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            2 days ago

            I’m not OP either, but if you just provide everyone with effective birth control and access to abortion if they want them, the birth rate will go down a lot.