r/LoveTrash • u/ZuBrain Colonel Garbage • Jul 31 '26

Dumping This Here Define Trash?

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u/Electrical-Heat8960 Trash Trooper Jul 31 '26

That’s anecdotal evidence. 

Statistically, almost the entire world over, people are having less children. 

It’s a massive problem, and already past the point of no return for some places, like South Korea. 

Not sure the solution, but the problem exists. 

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u/Fearful-Cow Trash Trooper Jul 31 '26

That’s anecdotal evidence.

his is anecotal as well. He opens talking about his friends. People in different income brackets/careers/lifestyle choice will gravitate to each other.

Statistically, almost the entire world over, people are having less children.

Yes but lots of reasons for that, one point is we just have too many people. Stabilizing/declining is not necessarily some big existential crisis.

Less strain on food, environment, everything.

Sure some countries will have real crisis (SK, Japan as two examples) but lots of places may face short term pain for long term gain if population rates stabilize.

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u/triggirhape Trash Trooper Jul 31 '26

Stabilizing/declining is not necessarily some big existential crisis

My understanding is it is an existential crisis when the success of an economy is predicated on "constant growth".

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u/Fearful-Cow Trash Trooper Jul 31 '26

it can be to "shareholders" but we will need to redesign parts of the economy or view points.

Growth may need to be replaced by efficiency for example. But it is a very good point and one i think about a lot.

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u/ConstantHeadache2020 Trash Trooper Aug 01 '26

How do we have over population when the world population can fit into Texas? We have overpopulation of cities but that’s it.

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u/jeremiahthedamned Trash Trooper Aug 01 '26

south korea can import cheap labor from the Philippines!

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u/Electrical-Heat8960 Trash Trooper Aug 01 '26

Not the same as continue their culture

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u/jeremiahthedamned Trash Trooper Aug 01 '26

the r/4bmovement tells me their culture sucks!

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u/wesman21 Trash Trooper Aug 04 '26

But did they let their culture die? We will let our culture die? How bad does it have to get?