Restricting reproductive rights is not ethical.
Comment on if the total fertility rate drops and stays below global replacement rate, will humans disappear?
Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If a generation is 25 years, there 7.9 billion people on Earth, and the replacement rate is 1.0, then humans will disappear in about 800 years.
If we enforced a 1.0 replacement rate for two generations, the global population would decrease by 75%, leaving 1.9 billion people in play. This is the global population in 1919. If we go three generations, we could get down to 985ish million prople.
That would be amazing for our climate goals and would be considered ethical and humane by most.
yes_this_time@lemmy.world 2 months ago
LordGimp@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Unlimited reproductive rights is also unethical. Unlimited growth is not sustainable in a finite environment. As masters of our environment, it is our moral responsibility to ensure our existence does not destabilize everything else. We’ve done so poorly as a species that the world is about to undergo a cataclysmic shift.
yes_this_time@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Agreed we are not in a good spot and unlimited population is not sustainable. However, sex education, access to birth control, and strong women’s rights is the answer in my opinion not ‘enforcing’ limits - which reads as an authoritarian dystopia to me. Economic growth is good as long as it’s decoupled from natural resource use/impact.
daq@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
What if selection is truly random?
lovely_reader@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Would the shrinkage in the labor force make it impossible to provide end of life care and financial support as the larger generations age?
Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yep. We would have to back to villages at some point.
lovely_reader@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Would smaller groups feel a reduced strain from that?
Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Only if they tried to hold to our standard of living. If they adapted, which I suppose that they would, the only stress would be seeing society thin out around you.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Robots