jd 🔆<p>Can someone explain the panic that consumes economists and politicians over the possibility of declining populations?<br>Instead of panicking, they should be rejoicing, given that our precious planet is groaning under the weight of 8 billion plus people gobbling up resources like a drunk in a pie shop. <br>But they continue to worship the god Growth, a voracious, greedy deity who only ever demands more. <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/population" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>population</span></a></p>