Sarah Valentine

If only “economic downturn” were the only problem. I can’t understand why you keep downplaying the situation we’re facing like we’re being unrealistically pessimistic.

The presence of nice things does not dismiss the increasingly bad things that are verifiably happening on a near-daily basis.

Sure. It’s called Model I Theory-in-use.

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Reality is a “take” now. This is where we’re at.

That may be true, but who said we need more population? If the declining population is the result of just not having that many kids (rather than a bunch of unnatural deaths or poor care for the elderly) then what’s the actual problem?

Those people have always existed. I’m just talking about how changing conditions are causing people who might otherwise have children to prioritize survival or ethics instead. Authoritarians are always harping on about falling birthrates in the countries they’ve ruined, blaming anyone other than themselves for the decline.

Maybe Congress should do something about the environment they enabled, in which nobody can afford to raise children and many feel it’s unethical to have one? Just spitballing here.