▲ 1597 ▼ Don't be fooled (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by yesman@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 230 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) So wouldn't adding more make it worse? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago Infinite growth! Infinite population growth to feed the machine! More babies! permalink fedilink source parent [–] drislands@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago In the long term, yes. Ideally your birth rate matches your death rate so you have stability in supporting the citizenry. But when your system expects the birth rate to exceed the death rate, even changing to equilibrium can be catastrophic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago Infinite growth! Infinite population growth to feed the machine! More babies! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drislands@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago In the long term, yes. Ideally your birth rate matches your death rate so you have stability in supporting the citizenry. But when your system expects the birth rate to exceed the death rate, even changing to equilibrium can be catastrophic. permalink fedilink source parent
