r/overpopulation • u/v_x_n_ • 1d ago
Why are we worried about population decline?
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u/Bandits101 1d ago
If it’s occurring and it’s not planned or intended, then it maybe a harbinger of something more sinister taking place. It could be an unnatural decline in fertility.
For instance is it known what long term harm plastics and PFAS forever chemicals and other pollution is having on reproduction, or human health. We may not adapt quickly enough to climate change.
Long term population decline may be self perpetuating. A point of no return or tipping point could be crossed, who knows. An apparent good thing initially could in actual fact be the opposite.
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u/exotics 20h ago
Except that it’s not really a decline in fertility even though that’s what they are calling it. Some people are making the intellectual decision NOT to have kids rather than just breeding indiscriminately
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u/Bandits101 14h ago
Research it “is human fertility on average declining”. Argue with that with your own FACTS.
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u/exotics 11h ago
And when you research it - it says women are having fewer kids. It doesn’t say they are less fertile.
In fact when you look up if women are having more fertility problems it suggests that this is because women are waiting longer to have kids not because infertility is make of an issue for younger women
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u/dwi 13h ago
Yes, I think pollution is a factor. Sociological factors are most likely in play too, e.g. women in western societies deferring children until later in life, the rising cost of living, and so on. Nothing that can’t be fixed if there’s the will to do so. I suspect birth rates will not rebound until there’s an urgent need for it, though.
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u/exotics 21h ago
WE aren’t. The capitalists are