[czechdeveloper]

Exactly what i thought. In light of us living unsustainably, we can either decrease consumption, or decrease amount of people living on the planet. Or little bit of both.

And if that happens organically, without special policies, the better still.

[Derpdiherp]

Population control with the right to children is a very delicate subject and hard sell.

My thoughts on the matter was always that nature itself will eventually take care of the numbers if we keep going the way we are without some form of measure to keep control - every population explosion has had it's eventual decline - sharp or smooth. We seem to believe that we're different but we're not.

If we self regulate by choice - whether it's the lack of income, lifestyle or a lack of want to have children that has brought us here it's always going to be preferable. As unsavoury as it may be in some regards.

[CaptSpify]

> nature itself will eventually take care of the numbers

I don't think most people would disagree. It's just that nature isn't very merciful, and the way it enacts it's policies could lead to a lot of suffering. It'd be much more pleasant if we self-regulated so that nature didn't have to.

[c3833174]

Tell that to people expecting continuous growth

[tonyedgecombe]

People expecting continuous growth are in for a shock at some point, it's just a matter of when.