• HasturInYellow@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Did I say we don’t fucking do that? Did I say that I expect some faceless group to be shot in the hills? Or was that your first thought as to the only solution possible?

    Really it just speaks to your own mind.

    • doingthestuff@lemy.lol
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      9 days ago

      We already don’t care for our aging population well at all. Reducing population requires way more planning and resources than you think. Nations that are actually losing population are really struggling with this reality.

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        9 days ago

        I agree, they are struggling under capitalism. But a shrinking population doesn’t necessitate suffering. At least not any more, where we could provide for our elderly with great efficiency if we were inclined to do so. It would not turn a profit, but some things are important in life.

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      9 days ago

      No, but I didn’t say that either. You did say to just people die from living. Old people need young people to support them. If everyone just stops fucking, as you suggested, society would collapse under the weight of all the suffering of old people. Those will be your grandparents and then your parents and then you, and probably your kids, too, because that sort of disaster lasts a long time.