• Cyrus Draegur@lemm.ee
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    12 hours ago

    oh yeah no i was just agreeing with you on a ‘yes-and’ basis and stuff

    the only reason any developed nation is population-positive right now is due to immigration – and now that america is cracking down on that… i wonder if we’ll actually see the population decrease soon.

    • The_Decryptor@aussie.zone
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      10 hours ago

      There’s a reason Trump wants to give medals to women who have multiple kids, dangle a one-off shiny bauble as if that’ll offset the costs of having the kids.

      Australia has been giving couples $5k for their first kid for the last couple of decades, hasn’t helped and our birth rate has dropped to 1.50.