An often overlooked aspect of reducing one’s environmental footprint is having no children or having fewer children. It’s the only ethical form of population reduction for obvious reasons, and less people means that humanity’s collective environmental impact is reduced.

To my knowledge, China is the only country to have national legislation limiting the number of children people can have through its one-child policy, which has recently been changed to allow two children per family to reduce the risk of having a population where the elderly massively outnumber young people. Of course, this policy needs to be combined with sex education, easy access to contraception, etc in order to actually work.

What would your opinion be on other countries, especially other developed countries, adopting policies like this? Do you think the environmental benefits outweigh the issues caused?

    • Stoned_Ape
      12·
      4 years ago

      It wouldn’t be fascist if the majority of people are on board, and the rules are fair, useful and are for everyone. It would only be facist if it would be made in a fascist way.

      • koavf
        51·
        4 years ago

        A majority of German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish citizens were just fine with their fascist dictators.

          • koavf
            11·
            4 years ago

            You wrote that majoritarianism isn’t fascist and that’s not true so I am pointing out how you are wrong.

            • Stoned_Ape
              11·
              4 years ago

              So democracy is facist? If more than 50%, or even 90+% of people are in favor of something, it’s suddenly fascist?

              • koavf
                11·
                4 years ago

                No, literally no one wrote that or anything like it.

                • Stoned_Ape
                  1·
                  4 years ago

                  I was referring to democracy with “majority”. I’m not sure what you understood from my first comment. I really have no idea what you’re talking about.

                  • koavf
                    11·
                    4 years ago

                    What I am saying is that majorities can support fascism. Just because 50%+1 agree with something does not make it democratic, as democracy supports minority rights and fascism does not.

        • roastpotatothief
          3·
          4 years ago

          Is there even any definition of fascism? Some equate it with supremacism, others with authoritarianism. For me, the definitive thing about the fascist party was morality - they enforced morally good behaviour as laws.

          Using the word at all invites misunderstanding.