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Why is it a goal to populate the world to a maximal amount? Yeah, we could make room for more people by restricting the lives of the others... but why? Why not identify a comfortable, sustainable level, and keep the level there? The earth is not crying out for more people to be on it, and no societal problems are solved by adding more (quite the opposite). Being told you can only have 2 kids max is less dystopian than outcomes from overpopulation.

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This very topic has, unsurprisingly, been the subject of debate for a long time. You might want to read this:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/repugnant-conclusion

>no societal problems are solved by adding more

That's not true. Old people often need expensive support and may not be able to work as productively as they once did. If the population ages, the relative amount we spend on medical bills will go up and productivity will go down.

On the whole you might think it's not worth it. That doesn't mean there's no benefit whatsoever.

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