Inspired by a post I saw on AskReddit (which has now been removed). What is something you believe is growing because of young people?

  • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    But also, a surfeit of resources and wealth. We’ve seen global population crashes before and (aside from the mass death that predicated them) I understand that the aftermath was actually quite pleasant.

    If our system can’t support even a steady state population, it needs to fail. Constant growth is a ponzi scheme.

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      7 hours ago

      As population numbers fall, we won’t have people that can extract those resources.

      We won’t have people to defend global trade routes. We’re seeing this already. The mighty US navy can’t prevent Iran from using cheap drones to choke the world of oil. Oil is used to make everything, and already there’s barely enough to go around.

      Countries will enter unrest and devolve.

      The next 25 years are going to be really bad.

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        5 hours ago

        25 years isn’t that long. If that’s all it takes to transition to a static model, I take that deal any day of the week. The longer we predicate everything on growth, the worse transition gets.