• ConcreteHalloween [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    14 days ago

    The issue isn’t really population reduction, it’s population decline. You can quickly end up in a situation where too much of the population is old and there isn’t enough young people to support them, and it can have really bad socioeconomic and political impacts on society.

    Humanity would survive and likely eventually level off at a lower population at some point, which would maybe even be beneficial in some ways, but the interim period would be pretty miserable for everyone.