Comment on There's a baby drought in Australia. Maybe we should fund IVF?

• unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Okay, the above comment just seemed low-effort and rage bait

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  • Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨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.

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    • unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨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…

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      • Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Good article. Fuck eugenics.

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