Spddin t1_iui2osv wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:29 PM

Reply to comment by illusivegman in South Korea records lowest childbirths, highest death rate in 4 decades by Skippernutts

"God, I don't understand why the peasants spend so much time complaining about the nobles. They too can have cake."

illusivegman t1_iui61rh wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:53 PM

this article has nothing to do with rich people. doesn't mention them at all. the issue of population decline is not an issue that can be reduced to "billionaire bad". trying to reduce every world issue to a simple "fuck rich people" statement is absolutely worthless. it doesn't highlight any real source of the problem nor does it solve anything. it's just an easy trope you can whip out for social credit.

you're like a vegan who has to make every conversation about their cruelty free turtleneck sweaters.

oh yeah, and rich people tend have way fewer children than poor people across the board, anyway. so not only was your original comment a non sequitur, it was just wrong.

but keep trying to farm that easy karma, tho. i believe in you. make sure to call me a bootlicker or a fascist or something so you won't have to actually consider anything i say :)

Spddin t1_iuiawms wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:27 PM

You can't act like people's lives are fully and deeply shaped by wealth inequality and the state of the economy. It's why when there's economic turmoil, the birth rate drops for example, which is related to this article.

illusivegman t1_iuifjbw wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:58 PM

the birth rate drops for everybody. which brings me back to your bizarre comment about rich people outbreeding the poors.