My instinct is that you’re right, but I wonder if what we’re really saying is that earth’s population is too large under the currently dominant socioeconomic and lifestyle constructs.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

In the end, that's more or less the same thing. But the question is, do we need more people? It's also easier to be sustainable if we require less.

[–] Skyline969@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 years ago

I mean, yes but also no. There's just way too many people, period. Merely 60 years ago the human population was sitting around 3 billion people. Now it's 8. Earth's resources are finite, and at this rate of growth I would not be surprised if we ran out of non-renewables (with no renewable alternatives that scale as well as non-renewables) in our lifetime or our children's.

[–] blakeus12@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

sorry comrade, but under capitalism any amount of people is too much as capitalism itself is predicated on infinite growth.

[–] TacoGyrosKebabShwama@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Absolutely true and correct.