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Revealed: US pro-birth conference’s links to far-right eugenicists (www.theguardian.com)

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Natal conference, to be held in Austin in December, promoted on far-right podcast circuit and set to host self-described eugenicists

A high-end hotel in the liberal Texan enclave of Austin is playing host to a conference whose theme is boosting global birth rates, but which will in fact feature racist and eugenicist internet personalities and far-right media figures.

The Natal conference – whose website warns that “by the end of the century, nearly every country on earth will have a shrinking population, and economic systems dependent on reliable growth will collapse” – is scheduled to be held on 1 December at the Line Hotel.

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[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, about 3000 billionaires will do. But I doubt that's who you meant..

The rhetoric you're using does serve them though:

https://www.theworldmind.org/home/2021/12/10/the-dangerous-myth-of-overpopulation

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/9/26/16356524/the-population-question

https://theecologist.org/2020/apr/16/debunking-overpopulation

[-] rexxit@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For reasons I don't understand, people seem to be incapable of separating any discussion of overpopulation from racism and eugenics. I think it's at the point where it's disingenuous, willful, or at the very least a massive blind spot in people talking about the problem. You should understand that bad people can embrace overpopulation with bad conclusions, and that should not taint reality. Hitler was an animal lover - does that mean it's wrong to love animals? That's the level of flawed argument we're dealing with here.

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Jfc...

For reasons I don’t understand, people seem to be incapable of separating any discussion of overpopulation from racism and eugenics.

It's because they're fucking inseparable, you not understanding why or how (never mind being as wilfully ignorant as you are since you clearly didn't read word in the links I posted) doesn't change that

Let me copy pasta myself for the sake of anyone who actually wants to learn more before I leave this dumpster fire:

In reality overpopulation is a myth and rather population decline is a real concern in many countries.
Now of course we can talk about who this concerns and why (under the current system? It concerns those who need workers to exploit, white supremacists looking to "overturn" the "great replacement", in some cases both, and it also concerns the aging population that will end up with very little support, something which wouldn't be as big an issue if we had stronger communities, but alienation and all that jazz, as well as the fewer workers who will remain to keep the economy going for minimal pay as they get bossed around by AI, because capitalism), and also about who pushes the overpopulation myth and why, but the bottom line is - the population isn't and never has been the problem (we already produce enough food to sustain everyone alive today and then some), it is capitalism and it's dependence on creating infinite growth in a finite world, at the expense of everyone and everything on the planet (themselves included except for the handful who will end up in orbit or whatever. And then die) that is the problem, and what we need to get rid of if we want to stop this dystopian spiral.

[-] rexxit@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well that was a totally reasonable response from someone who is totally capable of considering the merits of an argument without relying on bad articles trying to drum up weak support for the author's preordained conclusion with circular reasoning. Nothing to see here folks. This guy has it all figured out and we should totally worship his correctness without debate.

IMO the only myth is the belief that it's a myth. The evidence is overwhelming.

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