I’ve always wondered why are comments about overpopulation downvoted on Lemmy when that is objectively, scientifically a real problem. Last I checked, earth can handle around 3-4 billion people under our consumption model. The earth is dying.

I do believe that once problems that commonly at the core occur from overpopulation (ie. rise in cost of living, housing crisis, water problems, etc.) the humans will simply not feel like making kids, so this is self-correcting problem, but still very damaging.

Unsure about the “need”, but with current systems, less people would be beneficial in a multitude of ways, indeed, as long as it’s a somewhat controlled reduction. The first thing to suffer is the business model based on infinite expansion, which if they follow other countries’ trend, they will start to cry about to the government pretty soon, demanding efforts into increased reproduction. (Like Japan making alcohol cheaper for youth, and China making condoms more expensive.)

Feel free to volunteer for sterilization

India disagrees haha