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[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Basic scrutiny? Like it usually turns out that “capacity” is measured by a self-serving and short-sighted metric, and you could easily find space and resources for more if there were the political will to do so.

[–] bss03 3 points 3 days ago

"finite" stands up to that scrutiny, but it also doesn't mean a lot. The volume of space within 1m of any photon ever emitted from the Sun is finite, but it's not small on many scales.

If you have an additional 3% of the population come in as new immigrants, no one would even notice resources were spread more thin, just like they don't notice a 3% inflation most years. I don't think most countries are experiencing that level of immigration, including extra-legal immigration.