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It's interesting how different countries are dealing and are effected by the declining worldwide birth rates. The most astounding statistic to me is that wildlife populations have dropped +70% over the past 50 years. Frankly, if humans think that we are in the right to drop wildlife populations by such a staggering amount, a slight drop in human populations only seems like a fair way to balance the scales.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I just wonder how much of the high quality of life in the west is built on plentiful cheap labor in the rest of the world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Jesus, even Finland is being caught using slave labor. It feels like modern moral values are built on lies.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

There is no ethical consumption while living a capitalist way of life.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Most of it. If your electronic gizmos were made in the US, they would be luxury items instead of everyday tools.