There’s never anything sane with population caps by fiat. If that’s a form of insanity they wish to indulge though, then democracy allows them that.

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JumpCrisscross 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> There’s never anything sane with population caps by fiat

Why? It’s repressive if done to cap a natively-growing population, since that means government controlling reproduction (à la one-child policy). But government has controlled immigration for generations.

I’m asking as someone who is genuinely on the fence on this vote.

	▲	bootsmann 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Immigration is being controlled, EU immigrants require a work contract to come here (and consequentially 80% are employed with the rest split between spouses, kids and students). I strongly prefer this system over having some random bureaucrat in Berne decide who is "valuable" and who isn't.
	▲	Johanx64 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> Why? It’s repressive if done to cap a natively-growing population, since that means government controlling reproduction (à la one-child policy). There's a point where caping even natively growing population is actually the right move. There's plenty of overpopulated shitholes (Mumbai, Dhaka, Cairo, Bangladesh, etc) where it would have been an absolute blessing if government was controlling reproduction or put a population cap in place. If you think capping population is wrong, go visit Dhaka, I highly recommend it. If you're still on the fence after visiting Dhaka, you're beyond saving.

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jalapenoj 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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