Comment on There's a baby drought in Australia. Maybe we should fund IVF?
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 2 months ago??? I don’t think this is targeted at Indigenous Australians, I think the point of the article is that the economy requires population growth in order to grow. I suppose economic growth may be a threat to Indigenous communities if more land is taken to support the growth.
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
There was a previous policy of involuntary sterilisation.
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Okay, the above comment just seemed low-effort and rage bait
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 2 months ago
The second comment also seems low effort to me.
At least for the introduction of such a separate perspective to the one being discussed.
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Maybe I’m reading it wrong but they just seem to insinuate that it is common knowledge when I doubt most people would be aware of the issue. It just seems really off topic - I suppose it’s important but as far as I know that practice does not continue today.
Should we be trying to correct it by encouraging Indigenous Australians to have more children? It’s up to the individuals really but I don’t think it’s wise to encourage people to have children if it’s not economically sustainable for them just so we can feel satisfied that some past wrongdoings have been corrected. Personally, I don’t think we really need to increase our population size too much anyway, as we’re seeing now “baby booms” aren’t actually that good long term, when there is a massive ageing population in need of care. Simply put I think that quality of life is inversely proportional to population size.
I believe this is what they were referring to: theconversation.com/friday-essay-too-many-aborigi…