#population crisis

[animentality]

#twitter #reproductive health #population crisis #childfree #us politics #gop

[theswisstimes]

The latest federal statistics have revealed that Switzerland's population has grown in 2022, but interestingly, not because of an increase in the number of babies being born. In fact, the country experienced an 8% drop in births last year. This trend is noteworthy as it sheds light on the changing demographics of the country and raises questions about the potential implications for its future. It also highlights the need for further analysis to understand the reasons behind this trend and the potential impact on the economy and society as a whole.

#population graph #population crisis #Switzerland population #Swiss Population #Swiss babies born #new born babies

[gossipandmusings]

How hard is Elon working on the declining population crisis?

Okey, so we all know that Elon has alot of kids, 9 (or is it 10? Its hard to keep track). And that sounds alot, we have all seen all the jokes about him populating mars and the pull out jokes, some where really funny I might add 😂 But is he really doing that much for the population crisis if we look at the numbers? Okey, so hear me out. Lets say Elon has 9 kids, and that would be alot in a statistic point if view if he had had them with the same partner. But the 9 kids are concieved with 3 different women. So let’s do the math:

If Elon had 9 kids with the same partner, that would mean that they are increasing the population and contribution with 5 kids per person

9/2=5

But since Elon had the kids with 3 women the math is:

9/4=2,25

If we would also do the math, if what the daily Mail reported are true, that Elon has 10 kids with 4 women. The math would be:

10/5=2

As you can see, he is defenitely increasing the population, but not really as much as you first might think when you hear the number 9 (or 10). Just some food for thought 💭

#elon musk #elon #elonmusk #elon musk kids #population crisis

[dilfaeneas]

Arisbe (Priams first wife and mother of his eldest son) doesn't seem thrilled with Hecub

#tagamemnon #greek mythology #trojan heroes #ancient greek mythology #pre trojan war #hecuba queen of troy #hector of troy #deiphobus #iliona #aesacus #arisbe #priam's children #priam and the population crisis

[lnsfawwi]

Heroism in TFATWS

Let's establish one thing which is that the show operates in a superhero trope, which means there are good guys and bad guys, and the good guys always win. This is not to say that characters are morally clean-cut between good/bad. The Flag Smashers acted out of good intentions; Walker did want to do good things when he took over the mantle. But that doesn't mean they aren't the bad guys in the story, because a person is not only judged by their intentions but also the means and the ends of those intentions.

Sam and Bucky are the heroes in the story, they beat the bad guys (the Flag Smashers) and saved the world. That's how the story ends. That's how all the superhero stories end.

But the show isn't quite that simple, not in the sense that it deals with moral greys, no. Rather, the show really fucks up the boundaries between good/bad, right/wrong, and by extension, the heroism of the show.

Let's say Karli has some vague cosmopolitan worldview, and let's say that's better than the state system so Sam is justified to sympathize with her cause, and sam is rightfully asking the governments to be better. What's the actual, feasible way to achieve Karli's vision? Nice speeches notwithstanding, Sam isn't offering a solution. States aren't going to abandon the system that made them a state just because some hero dressed in an American flag descends from the sky and tells them to. Forced displacement and/or re-settlement happen because the population distribution is screwed, especially in Western Europe where Karli is from. Those states simply do not have the capacity, spatially and financially, to accommodate all the people while the others would be faced with devastating labour shortages. Statecraft is not just about morals, some IR scholars would even argue it's never about morals, you have to do the rationalist calculation. (also sam's speech to the politicians is so.........wrong. it sounds like a 16-year-old wanna-be socialist who spends too much time on leftist tiktok)

Here's the thing, you can agree with the political ideology or not, because it's not about whether it's right or wrong. It's about Sam being a hero who comes from a heavy political background, who represents a set of values that is meant to transcend a single country, advocating that ideology whilst being completely naive about it.

Steve embodies a similar idealism that makes him a hero, but not a leader. He's a leader because he can lead, he assesses the situation, sets a goal, and gives out tasks to achieve that goal. In the show, Sam is not demonstrating effective leadership, although not entirely his fault.

When you have the 'hero' indiscriminatorily endorsing the villain's philosophy, it doesn't mean the hero is empathetic, it means the hero is fucking bullshit. What makes a hero isn't merely stopping bad guys, it's also offering a better alternative even when the villain kinda makes sense. Superheroes are supposed to offer moral lessons through their heroism, which often takes place as they defeat evil. Without that, they're just dudes stopping fights, not heroes fighting for causes. The only moral lesson Sam offers is 'hey maybe radicalization is bad', which is completely ignored by both Karli and Zemo.

Sam's sympathy towards Karli is even more absurd. Even if he agrees with her cause, she's an unrepentant killer. 'Don't call them terrorists.' really, Sam? What would you call them? Just bc the Soviets fought the N@zis doesn't mean they were the good guys.

Furthermore, we see the contrast between her and the other flag smashers. They were invisible victims while her body was gently carried by Sam as phones and cameras were recording. In a show where they tried to make sense of racism, the stark contrast between Karli and the rest of the group happens to be mostly PoC is kinda hilarious.

The problem isn't Sam. It's the terrible horrible writing. You can't take a Watsonian take when it's so obviously a Doylist problem. The show claims to be a lot of things it got wrong is just pathetic.

What about Bucky? His arc is pretty detached from the main storyline and he basically did nothing significant in the show so I don't even know what they want to convey about his heroism. He was literally just running around punching people (not even very good at it too) while being blamed for things he wasn't responsible for. He only told Karli that killing was bad. What a novel lesson. Again, there is nothing from the good guy.

Who is the hero then?

Zemo is the true anti-hero of the show. Throughout the show, Sam and Bucky - the good guys - oppose killing in general, but their method is proven ineffectual and in the end, all Flag Smashers are killed with a majority of them killed after they were lawfully arrested. The Flag Smashers were terrorists, they were the villains, therefore narratively, this makes Zemo's end goal - killing all supersoldiers, in this case, the Flag Smashers - right. His ideology - the desire to become superhuman cannot be separated from supremacist ideas; supersoldiers cannot be allowed to exist - is positively reflected in the story. His success inevitably justifies his ideology, which stands in contrast to both Sam and Karli. I'm not saying what he did was heroic, but from a storytelling perspective, Zemo is the 'hero' who ultimately eliminated the evil in this superhero trope.

The result is that Sam, the supposed hero of the show, has done nothing. He didn't stop the bad guys, he didn't offer an effective alternative to Karli (or Zemo) practically and ideologically, while Zemo did all that. What does it say about heroism and the idealism that comes with it? That it's nice to talk about but useless when a real battle takes place? That end does justify means? Because that's not what Cap trilogy conveys.

#if you don't agree you don't have to engage. just so you know. #sam wilson #tfatws #bucky barnes #baron zemo #the falcon and the winter soldier #the show is bullshit ok? #cosmopolitanism in itself is controversial #being proposed by captain AMERICA is outright ridiculous #ofc point a gun to ppl's head and force them to leave their home is bad #but it's also too simplistic #just to give her a justification #as long as states exist there will never be free flow of population #not even within the EU not when there's a global crisis #so I'm asking again #dear kari and spellman #how exactly do you propose that to happen? #zemo my man you have done nothing wrong in your entire life xxx #also sam saying 'i'm a black american wearing an amarican flag so i must know all about suffering and discrimination' is just laughable #do the showrunners know that other countries exist???? #bro have you lived in a country where you can be arrested for saying all that to a politician? #marvel needs to stay out of politics #for their own good #also I have classmates who were part of the UN peacekeeping troops. painting them as terrorists isn't doing anyone any favour

[battleangel]

Would you push the button for human extinction❓️

#thought experiment #green party #cornel west #social justice #socialism #anti capitalist #antinatalist #antinatalism #pro abortion #population control #childfree #millennials #gen z #generation alpha #pro natalist society #climate action #climate change #climate crisis #climate emergency #end genocide #me too #feminism #anti capitalism #human trafficking #war crimes #ethnic cleansing #carbon footprint #feminist #houselessness #poverty

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Amanda Lewellyn at Vox:

Canada has a growing populism problem. Even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thinks so. Like many other countries — including the United States — Canadians have spent the last several years dealing with pandemic restrictions, a rise in immigration, and a housing affordability crisis (among much, much else). And like many other countries, that’s showing up in a host of ways: Trust in institutions like the government and media is down. Sentiment on immigration is becoming more negative.

“Well, first of all, it’s a global trend,” Trudeau told Sean Rameswaram in an exclusive interview on Today, Explained. “In every democracy, we’re seeing a rise of populists with easy answers that don’t necessarily hold up to any expert scrutiny. But a big part of populism is condemning and ignoring experts and expertise. So it sort of feeds on itself.” As Trudeau points out, Canada is not alone. But our northern neighbor’s struggle is notable because the country has long been seen as resistant to the kind of anti-immigrant, anti-establishment rhetoric sweeping the globe in recent years — in part because multiculturalism is enshrined in federal law.

It goes back to the 1960s, when French Canadian nationalist groups started to gain power in Quebec. They called for the province’s independence from Canada proper. The federal government, led then by nepo daddy Pierre Trudeau, stepped in. Rather than validating one cultural identity over the other, the elder Trudeau’s government established a national policy of bilingualism, requiring all federal institutions to provide services in both English and French. (This is why — if you ever watch Canadian parliamentary proceedings, as I did for this story — politicians are constantly flipping back and forth between the two languages.) Canada also adopted a formal multiculturalism policy in 1971, affirming Canadians’ multicultural heritage. The multiculturalism policy has undergone both challenge and expansion in the half-century since its introduction. But Pierre Trudeau’s decision to root Canadian identity in diversity has had lasting impacts: Canadians have historically been much more open to immigration — despite having a greater proportion of immigrants in their population — than their other Western counterparts.

But in more recent years, that’s begun to change rapidly as large numbers of immigrants have entered the country amid a housing affordability crisis. An Environics Institute survey showed that in 2023, 44 percent of Canadians felt there was too much immigration — an increase from 27 percent the year before. That’s where Conservative opposition leader Pierre Poilievre comes in. Known as a “soft” populist, he’s started calling on Canada to cut immigration levels (so far, without demonizing immigrants, as we’ve seen from his populist counterparts elsewhere in the West). That said, he looks like a traditional populist in a lot of other ways: Poilievre embraced Canada’s 2022 Freedom Convoy protests, opposed vaccine and mask requirements, voted against marriage equality, has proposed defunding the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, wants schools to leave LGBTQ issues to parents, and has talked about repealing a litany of government regulations — from the country’s carbon tax to internet regulations. Basically, he’s against any “gatekeepers” to Canadians’ “freedom.”

[...]

The plan: Fight populism with policy

Enter: Trudeau’s half-trillion-Canadian-dollar plan for “generational fairness,” also known as the “Gen Z budget” for its focus on younger generations feeling the economic squeeze most acutely. [...]

Can it work?

The bet Trudeau is making is this: The best counterpoint to anti-establishment rhetoric is … using the establishment to make people’s lives better. “The biggest difference between me and the Conservatives right now is: They don’t think government has a role to play in solving for these problems,” Trudeau told Today, Explained. “I think government can’t solve everything, nor should it try. But it can make sure that if the system isn’t working for young people, that we rebalance the system. Market forces are not going to do that.” A key challenge will be demonstrating progress by the time elections roll around. Housing and real estate experts generally cheered the announcement — but noted that it might be years before people on the ground see any real change. Elections, on the other hand, aren’t yet scheduled but have to happen by October 2025 (parliamentary systems, man).

Even Canada isn't immune to the trend of increased right-wing populism, as it could end the reign of PM Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party.

Trudeau is trying his best to counter it by enacting a Gen Z-focused budget plan.

#Canada #Pierre Poilievre #Justin Trudeau #Populism #2025 Canadian Elections #2025 Elections #Housing Crisis

[igayorhm]

My favourite thing people respond with when you say you don't want kids is some wild ass thing about the population. It's just absolutely hilarious because they frame it like human beings are in danger of going extinct just because you personally decided you don't to experience parenthood. Like honey we're like 8 billion strong and still growing we ain't going anywhere anytime soon. Stop worrying about what other people are doing with their bodies and worry more about your little Timmy over there trying to eat crayons.

#not everyone wants to be a parent and that's okay #its not hurting anything #and like the thing is? #even if we were experiencing some population crisis people still don't have to have kids if they don't want to

[clonerightsagenda]

Just relistened to Jacobi's speech about progress and again contemplating my headcanon that Goddard near singlehandedly pulled the Wolf 359 universe off a climate cliff a few decades earlier than we're hitting ours and that's why so many self-described idealists (especially older members of the cast) are willing to work with them and delude themselves about the collateral damage.

#feel like Goddard might be very big with the ecofascist crowd #'we've saved the planet! now to make sure it's only populated with the kinds of people WE approve of' #everyone else in the 40s or so: the climate might start changing in a few decades? hm. sad #Matthew Neumann in the 40s or so: unacceptable since I am planning on never dying #do not take this post as me believing tech solutions are enough to fix the climate crisis irl #we need mass collective action etc etc #wolf 359

[no1ryomafan]

Oh all the things I could possibly criticize or nitpick about the fact that ishikawa wrote ryoma having a partner just so takuma could have a justified existence the one smallest thing I will always critic is that while it could’ve just been a arc anime thing her name was revealed to be “Ryo” and while the mental image of “ah someone at a tournament must’ve said they’re names and that’s how they met” is really funny, apart from the how uncreative of a name this is for her I low key wish her name had “Taku” in it just so it’s clicks that “oh they really named their son after their ship name” instead of “we need a name that isn’t just Ryo because the wife took it”.

#meg text #getter robo #also this would give takuma more of a crisis which is hilarious to think about #and make his mom that more fucking insane about ryoma because she’s clearly the one who named him💀 #granted if ryoma was around he would make up the worst name for his kid probably #oh and this isn’t a critic towards arc fyi because arc team deserves more love and admittedly I have hayaryo bias #but even if ryoma and hayato are meant to be friends I don’t understand why Ken wrote them having wives only to kill them off #hayato I know it was to prove a point and takuma it was to give him a motive but like- idk it could’ve been handle better #like maybe introduce them a bit more prior instead of just a couple pages in💀 #know for sure ryo wasn’t planned because she’s never mentioned in go #also wtf is the ship name even for ryoma and his wife for the small population who ships them? RyoRyo? Sobs

[age-of-moonknight]

“Soldier,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight (Vol. 2/2024), #3.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #latest release #Soldier #Tigra #Greer Nelson #I love this distinction between what Moon Knight does/did in vol. 9 compared to other heroes #don’t get me wrong I obviously love Spider-Man (and only to a slightly lesser extent Daredevil) but this is a cool difference #feels a little more grounded almost like community defense as opposed to a high-flying cape issue #also fascinating comparing to a drug implying these low level villains are thrill seekers/adrenaline junkies #but most critically…hmmm….this may just be more indicative of my own perspective than anything (bear with me) #but interestingly those last two text boxes on finding the balance between keeping a group too scared to make a move #and not so scared that they get desperate/have nothing left to lose #is very similar to the basis of a theory of counterinsurgency #that an iron fist can keep a group from developing means + will to organize but the ruling regime must be careful #to not be too cruel or else it will push the group into survival mode/win it sympathy from the local or international population #(it’s very reminiscent of Machiavelli’s The Prince) #Mind you it’s a theory usually entertained by authoritarian regimes where people have few de facto civil rights #and its efficacy/sustainability’s debatable as it takes one hiccup with the regime (markedly weak ruler/secession crisis/natural disaster/ #excessive use of force/etc) for the insurgency to flair up again #Marc’s past with the CIA is mentioned in this issue so I wonder if that’s what this is all about #but uuuuuh yeah do with that info what you will sorry hahaha #don’t mind me rambling in the tags

[tomorrowusa]

This video from Australia's public broadcaster ABC News does a better job at explaining China's current economic meltdown than anything else I've read or seen about it.

The root of the problem is China's previous one child policy which lasted for about three decades. Though other factors certainly contributed to it.

Indirectly the demographic situation in China raises some issues which deserve more attention.

The conventional wisdom is that population growth is necessary for a healthy economy. But when a country achieves a certain level of prosperity, the birthrate tends to level off.

So one question which economists should address with more urgency is: Can a country, or even the world, maintain prosperity with a largely constant population?

Obviously human population cannot grow endlessly, that certainly isn't great for the environment or the climate.

The old and endless arguments over capitalism and socialism are ultimately linked to the concept of unending population growth. Such talk needs to be supplanted by discussion and research on how to maintain prosperity in an environmentally friendly way for a consistent population level while respecting democratic norms.

That latter bit about democracy is vital – and not just for touchy-feely reasons. It was the autocratic Communist Party of China which implemented the heavy-handed one child policy and encouraged a culture of mendacity which led to the current crisis. Any system which does not respect democratic rights is doomed to failure in the long run.

——————

PROPS TO ABC AUSTRALIA: Just want to repeat my previous praise for ABC News Australia – the source of that excellent vid. The country punches above its weight with news and public affairs programming from its public broadcaster. It deserves a place on everybody's news menu. They have an app as well as a major presence on YouTube.

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

#china #china's real estate crisis #evergrande #one child policy #demographics #population #economics #sustainable prosperity #matt bevan #abc news australia #中国 #房地产危机 #人口统计

[bitchfitch]

while i was at Aquashella there were multiple tables selling axolotls and it reminded me about a handful of posts made by people who probably had good intentions about how so many Endangered axolotls would be Poached for the Evil Pet Trade if people kept liking them so much.

and y'all. that is so fucking funny because most people don't even know what a wild axolotl looks like. They're muddy brown/grey.

The white and pink leucistic ones are the descendents of lab animals that were collected for research around stem cells, limb regeneration, and a few other misc applications.

they're lucys because theyve been intentionally genetically modified. there is legit no reason to poach axolotls when the real all organic animal is muck grey and has the disposition of a prudish victorian noble woman while the ones already in the pet trade breed readily in captivity, can handle a larger range of water parameters, and come in way more weird colors. like "floresces green under black light bc of the jelly fish DNA some scientists gave it's grandparents to confirm Other genetic modifications were being incorporated into the animals DNA."

which you can buy as a baby for 70 bucks, and like btw, wildtypes go for around 45, and are usually the by-product of breeding for other colors due to how most morphs are comprised of recessive genes.

you can get combo adult breeder pair deals for 100$ and have a quadspmillion of the fuckers in a few weeks. and Not run the risk of getting massive fines and jail time for it like you would for poaching the ones that look like they came from a breeders soft cull bin.

#theyre facing a population crisis in the wild because theyre native to 1 lake that happens to be in the middle of a major metropolitan area #even with the best conservation efforts humanly possible. they're In mexico city. like #can you even fucking Imagine the run off that ends up in that lake? #like there Are problems with the trade of axolotls. namely not enough people know how delicate they are #how aggressive they can be with other axolotls #and the fact they Absolutely need their water to stay below 70f and if you cant 100% guarantee your home will never be warmer #than 70f. then you need an aquarium water chiller. #which like 'these animals are being sold to people who dont know how to care for them!!' #is true of literally every species people keep as pets. #including the common ones like dogs and cats

[soapoey]

Damn maybe i should go into endocrinology i swear these guys are on holiday two thirds of the year

#ive been off estrogen for a fucking month now because my patches are out. dust #like its great i did it all legally and right like a good girl and still got bunged over #ive got my prescription and all the supplier just turned over farted and died like a sad little beetle #and the one day im free the endos only free on in a MONTH #im gonna steal estrogen out of the local fucking animal populations man. im gonna cause a crisis #im gonna become a batman villain

[dilfaeneas]

Didn't know enough about the wolf man to comment so drew the son of priam instead. His return home after Achillies sold him across the ocean, he fought to return only to be killed by Achillies not too long after.

#tagamemnon #greek mythology #classics #trojan heroes #ancient greek mythology #the iliad #trojan war #the sons of priam #priam's children #priam #classicstober23 #classicstober #bastard son of priam #lycaon #lycaon of troy #Laothoe #priam and his wives #priam and the population crisis #achillies #achilles

[berryblu-soda]

Seedling is such an interesting little story that i love, but i´d be lying if it wasnt almost completely sprouted (hehe) from the visual of those character duos that are a small child + big scary looking creature who acts as their guard, top tier trope frfr

(also huge shoutout to @ashrayus for hearing me out and adding onto the rambles so long ago, bestie the robot story wasnt working, we got plants now 🌱)

#but also said big scary creature is her brother having an identity crisis and being chased by the horrors :D #the story is 50% strangers to (step) siblings that trust each other with their life #and 50% truths of the world conspiracy with a witch hunt on plant people + aliens doing their thing (of course) #bruhh bc what if there were aliens replacing people at a young age and using them to collect data on the overall population #and “harvesting” them when said purpose was fulfilled #thing is; when the harvesting happens its supposed to be like a switch is flipped; and the seedling just up and leaves to be collected #*but* an infinite amount of things can make this process fail; which happened with the mc; who now clings to his family like a lifeline #while also knowing the general population´s view on seedlings is abyssmal #<- even if the family has no porblem w it; government or a bad neighbour catches you? you´re *gone* #anyways; fun times for lil Vera hshshahsha #seedling #oc talk #shut up sheo #edit: hey ash remember Riven? ik hes your oc can i work with thet concept perhaps? #his color scheme and character role work soooo well!!!!! #planning on making him be one of the few who escaped the harvest but could never quite shake the switch flip