• yesman@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Low birth rates are a crisis for capitalism, not humanity. And if you count brown countries, it’s not even happening.

    Pension schemes are not a biological imperative.

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      15 days ago

      Just for clarification, if we’re talking about sub replacement fertility rates then it would be “brown countries” except for India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Iran, Lebanon, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica and Cuba and more. Might be an invalid generalization now.

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      14 days ago

      Right now, a crisis for capitalism is a crisis for all of us, because that’s where we live.

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        14 days ago

        Maybe addressing the source of the problem is a better strategy than trying to blame the symptoms?

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          14 days ago

          Sure, and maybe it’s part of what pushes us to something better, but to act like it won’t have effects is not helpful.