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by itslennysfault 357 days ago
> ...society will die off.

*capitalist society will die off. ( )

See also: automation, ai, robots.... we probably don't need as many people / are headed for work shortages anyway.

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And that may well be the ultimate resolution (that individual-liberty-preserving capitalist societies with unrestricted access to contraception die off). However, if we like how life works right now then we’ll have to work to sustain it. There’s probably a capitalism-preserving way to incentivize children…