• realitista
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    4 hours ago

    Is a forever expanding population of old people much better?

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      2 hours ago

      If they’re functional, and we get serious about space or birth control, then no it’s not a problem. But that is another path we can take to really juice the dystopia.

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        1 hour ago

        It will take a very long time indeed before we can reach another habitable planet enough to alleviate an exponentially growing population, and forced birth control will be unpopular, not to mention probably employed as eugenics by those in power against those who aren’t.

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          28 minutes ago

          There’s always orbital habitats. They ramp up a lot quicker than even a Mars colony.