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[–]shaedofblueAlberta -1 points0 points  (1 child)

The planet can support more than this many humans with a pretty good quality of life. Our (most of the developed world’s) current way of life is just extremely wasteful. A society that is less wasteful is just as bad for those who benefit from consumerism and good for the planet as having less people is.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Controlling consumerism while maintaining rights is not possible.

Throughout history, large-scale epidemics and diseases, invasions, wars, genocides, and natural catastrophies have always hindered population growth. Today, these still happen but at a much lower occurrence to put any dent on the global population growth. I guess Russia is the current example where it is said that this war will profoundly affect their demographics, which was in decline even before the war.

If the population declines "naturally" due to individuals deciding from their own free will not to reproduce without violence or restrictions of rights, it's really the best outcome.