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[–] Iapetus@slrpnk.net -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

Imposing such a drastic change in living conditions for the the whole population of this planet is impossible. The rich will not allow it and everybody who isn't worse off than the conditions suggested here will fight it. Most people won't even consider going vegetarian, for fucks sake.

Using this study as proof that there are enough resources to support billions more people is beyond stupid. Humans are not an altruistic species. We already have the money and resources to adequately support everyone already existing, but just flat out refuse to, and always have.

Adding more people to this hellworld because some naive study assumes that at the last second of the eleventh hour before we hit 3c warming and run out of fresh water and arable land, we will evolve into a species capable of physics defing magic and perfect communism... is really, really, REALLY fucking stupid.

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[–] Asswardbackaddict@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

Genocide normalization

[–] Iapetus@slrpnk.net -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This study is dangerously stupid.

We are rapidly running out of resources for survival.

Global fresh water demand will exceed supply by 40% by 2030 and 90% of topsoil is at risk of depletion by 2050.

We are already over capacity on fresh water demand for the amount of humans alive on this planet.

Top soil is what food grows in. Without top soil we can't grow food.

Billions of people will die this century. The planet cannot support any more people. Don't have kids.

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is there a workable plan to get to that point or is it a theoretical idea like communism

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