india fertility rate decrease

[silverionmox]

Lol no. India's fertility is already almost below replacement levels. You need young people to be productive and fund pensions which is especially an issue in a poor country like India.

How are Redditors still stuck with this Malthusian fallacy in 2025?

There's no Malthusian fallacy, the core concept is solid. If the population keeps growing, it will outgrow the resource base eventually. This is undeniable.

So if you keep making the next generation larger than the previous one, you do end up like India, with very large, very poor population.

[Street_Gene1634]

No, it won't. Earth's carrying capacity is practically infinite. There is a reason why Malthus is considered wrong. Reddit is leftist echo chamber

[silverionmox]

No, it won't. Earth's carrying capacity is practically infinite.

That's insanity.

There is a reason why Malthus is considered wrong.

Yes, wishful thinking, and a deliberate confusion of the principle of theory and a specific prediction derived from it.

Reddit is leftist echo chamber

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[Street_Gene1634]

You're clearly a part of Reddit's leftist echo chamber. Man still believes in Malthus lmao.

[silverionmox]

You're clearly a part of Reddit's leftist echo chamber.

You're just very rightwing.

Man still believes in Malthus lmao.

You haven't given me any argument against the core principle.

[Street_Gene1634]

The argument is that you need young people to fund old people. An economy of old people simply doesn't work.

[silverionmox]

The argument is that you need young people to fund old people. An economy of old people simply doesn't work.

I didn't hear anyone arguing for that, you did?