Comment on The British Empire

• Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I mean, Thanos’ plan may have been popular if he used the infinity stones to reward mothers for limiting their children, using societal pressure and other tools to limit populations for a generation.

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  • And009@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Would vote for Thanos

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• finitebanjo@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I want to passivle watch half of them die while not replacing them. Huge difference.

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• shiftymccool@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Whenever population control is mentioned, this inevitably comes up. No, not looking to “remove” anyone, just prevent more births than the natural environment can handle.

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  2/3. gives you an extra generation before things are back where they were

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  • And009@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Or just limit1 baby per couple, same effect. Population halves every life cycle

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      if memory serves, last time that was attempted it did not work.

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      • And009@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        See China

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      • arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Carrot vs stick.

        Just give incentives to voluntarily have less kids. Heck, even just education, high wages, and social mobility (particularly for women) typically drops the birth rate at or under 1 child anyway.

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    • angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Better ensure perfect women/men equality before doing that, otherwise it leads to a big gender disbalance and high infanticide rate for girls, as was demonstrated in China.

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      • And009@lemmynsfw.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Absolutely, that’s a bigger fight altogether

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