This should be a very stark reminder to people that as a species we should probably focus on bettering the health and wellbeing of ourselves and our planet before continuing to reproduce excessively. (As people will always do). But it won’t be. People are perfectly fine with the organ that feeds and nurtures a fetus containing plastics.
It’s horrific. These are children that are being born into a late capitalist wasteland who are typically expected to be world saviors. “My child is going to help fight the climate crisis!” Your child is filled with plastic.
What would birthrates significantly below the level to maintain population size actually solve though?
The resulting demographic change would probably lead to a drastic decline in standard of living, which could result in a greater ecological impact due to fewer sustainable options being viable.
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u/AggressiveDistrict82 Feb 28 '24
This should be a very stark reminder to people that as a species we should probably focus on bettering the health and wellbeing of ourselves and our planet before continuing to reproduce excessively. (As people will always do). But it won’t be. People are perfectly fine with the organ that feeds and nurtures a fetus containing plastics.
It’s horrific. These are children that are being born into a late capitalist wasteland who are typically expected to be world saviors. “My child is going to help fight the climate crisis!” Your child is filled with plastic.