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		seydor 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The demographic future of humanity: facts and cons... societies and states have been doing fine without welfare for centuries

bondarchuk 3 days ago | [–]

"doing fine" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution

XorNot 3 days ago | | [–]

The sheer confidence with which someone working a white collar desk job posts this in the AI age is astounding.

ponector 2 days ago | [–]

Societies and states have been doing fine without medicines, without electricity and with slavery for centuries. Doesn't mean we need to get back there.

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