Committing genocide to steal land that’s going to get its shit rocked by climate change and probably be borderline uninhabitable wasteland in 30 years.
The irony is that all this military action that they are waging is only making it worse.
This is actual fucking madness.
Forced expulsion aside (yes, I know that’s a huge fucking asterisk): Of all the places … South Sudan? Really?
It seems like commuting the sentence to LWOP on medical grounds would be more sensible in such cases. A non-military person with CTE should be treated similarly.
The U.S. won’t be of much help to them when climate change comes tapping at their back door.
Childfree.
The Reddit sub is quite active, but the Lemmy one is a ghost town.
Or to protest against genocide
I’d be able to get another job if I lost my fully remote job
Not having other job options is quite a risk. Small towns that rely on one main employer are usually devastated if that employer relocates or shuts down.
People don’t reproduce for rational reasons
Some people clearly do reproduce (or more directly: not reproduce) due to rational reasons, as demonstrated by people opting out. The most commonly cited reason is finances, but I’ve also seen environmental concerns or societal factors related to gender (e.g. with 4B).
Solid point though. The real question might very well be: what percentage of the population is willing to forgo reproduction due to adverse external conditions vs what percentage will continue even under extreme hardship?
I’ve always wondered how bad things have to get before people say “no thanks, I’m good.”
I know the answer is different for everyone, so I guess I would phrase it by percentiles, e.g. when would 75% opt out.
Lose weight and improve my social life.
Too fucking expensive.
And at least for me, I have little interest in alcohol-centric outings because transportation becomes an issue.
Matrix or Snowpiercer?
2400bps modem
series of screeches
Same energy as “Looking for entry-level employees with 10 years of experience”
No thanks, not interested in starting a small business renting residential real estate.
so is antinatalism
Maybe so, but that’s not what I’m talking about here. A labor strike isn’t a call for people to become permanent NEETs. It has a set of conditions for an endpoint.
If a person had a choice between a 100k house in a suburban hell or a 100k house in secluded heaven. That they pick the suburban hell
Because of jobs. Unless you are retired or able to work remotely, jobs are a leash that control where you can live.
More technological stratification = more divide between the haves and the have nots. This applies both between nations but also between the various socioeconomic classes within nations. IOW, the rich will continue to get richer at the expense of everyone else.
Cars have caused irreparable damage to our society. And trying to wind it back is such a monumental process.
Israel lost the public referendum. Accept this and get with the program, or prepare to lose elections (preferably in the primaries)