Comments by "Scott Charney" (@scottcharney1091) on "Replacement Theory Is Everywhere. Here’s Why." video.

  1. Very true, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  2. Indeed, there's no harm in not being born. That applies to everyone.
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  3. The word is "biased," not "bias." Anyway, you're right, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  4. That, and the desire to punish people for having sex.
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  5. True, but this video is in part disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc.
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  6. True, but this video is, in part. disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  7. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  8. If you believe a brief aside made by George Orwell in an essay, this has been true since the 1930s.
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  9. Very true! However, this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  10. Ok, but she's smug and, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc.
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  11. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  12.  @jean6453  Exactly. We need fewer perpetrators and fewer victims.
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  13. It's disappointing. It is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  14.  @christopherbrooks6355  Not this again. For one thing, that "model minority" canard is damaging to all involved. For another, by "high government intervention" you're referring to police and prisons, right?
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  15. Thus, we need fewer of the perpetrators and fewer of the victims.
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  16. Very true, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  17. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  18. Besides that, I don't want to see people, anywhere in the world, be born only to suffer. I think of my nephews, think of the crises that will define their lives, and I get sad. I wish that I had never been born (for a lot of reasons), and in fact I wish that for everyone. "People Ain't No Good" - Nick Cave
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  19. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  20. True, but this video is in part disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc.
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  21. I hope that you're being sarcastic.
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  22. Encouraged? Really?
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  23. I was disappointed. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  24. It's disappointing. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  25. This is, in part, disingenuous. For one thing, it doesn't mention that Total Fertility Rates are declining all over the world, very much so in much of Latin America and Asia. For another, it doesn't mention the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty and suffering. Would it be a bad thing if Haiti's population was shrinking? In fact, even people in better circumstances are better off not being born, because that means that they won't have to suffer through the climate crises. I'm also inclined to agree with David Benatar that the best possible outcome is to never be born.
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  26. Very true, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  27. I don't know anything about that one, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  28.  @paulomilan515  Possibly. It could be just an oversight, but it's a big one.
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  29. "We came here because you went there" is a slogan that appeared in the UK when Brits started complaining about migrants.
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  30. True, but this video is in part disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc.
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  31. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  32. Unfortunately, no. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  33. True, but this video is in part disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc.
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  34.  @rustomkanishka  No, of course not, and why would you ask?
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  35. ?
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  36. People said that about my ancestors, and probably about yours as well.
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  37.  @craigturner3237  "Race" is a social construct, but in any case, understand the defining role played by First World exploitation of the Third World.
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  38. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  39. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  40. On the contrary, this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  41. It's funded by a monarchy. It should be villainized. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  42. It is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  43. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  44. ?
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  45. True (besides your Covid comments), but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  46.  @1Humanoid  To the extent that the modelling was wrong, it's because of (as this paper indicates) the great difficulties in doing so. There was no "agenda." Please get off of the conspiracy theories. This same paper indicates that masking is quite helpful. There's nothing in there about Switzerland, but it looks like the Swiss definitely did some locking down of their own, along with masking requirements.
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  47. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  48. True, although there's also the thought of sparing one's hypothetical children from a life of suffering.
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  49. Indeed, it's true for everyone. People in richer countries do off-the-charts damage to the environment, while people in poorer countries are the victims. We need fewer of both. There are other issues at play, as well.
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  50. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  51. Very true, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  52. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  53. Some of the biggest polluters having low total-fertility-rates is a great thing.
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  54. All true, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  55. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  56. Not really. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  57. I'm disappointed. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  58. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  59. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  60. Not really. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  61. Very true, but this video is, in part. disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  62. That's actually true in many ways (but not all).
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  63. Not really. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  64. Unfortunately, this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  65. Far from it. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  66. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  67. I was disappointed. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  68. And?
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  69. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  70. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  71.  @Lovely_Linda_777  This is written in a way that makes you seem absolutely unhinged, considering both the wacky punctuation and the conspiracy theories.
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  72.  @abelabel3664  We need fewer perpetrators and fewer victims.
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  73. Yes, which is why we need fewer people at both ends of the spectrum.
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  74. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  75. It was disappointing. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  76. It's disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  77. So what?
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  78. True. Also, this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  79. It is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  80. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  81. True, but please stop shouting.
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  82. True, but this video is in part disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc.
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  83. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  84. That's probably true, but that still doesn't support this "replacement" nonsense.
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  85. Indeed.
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  86. True, although eco-fascists are rightists, obviously.
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  87. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  88. Not so. Look at the parties and people shown.
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  89.  @EugeneVerster  How so? It's the far right who are worried about this "replacement" stuff.
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  90.  @EugeneVerster  They're talking about it all the time.
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  91. It's a disappointment. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  92. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  93. True, but this video is, in part. disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  94. It's disappointing. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  95. Not really. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  96. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  97. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  98. Nearly every word in your comment is wrong. I'm impressed.
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  99. True, but that's only peripherally related to the video.
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  100. Everyone does.
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  101. It's no lie. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  102. I would like that also. However, this video is, in part. disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  103. Not so.
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  104. I wouldn't say that. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  105. What do you mean by that?
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  106.  @Koreanbaby4life  What the hell are you talking about?
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  107.  @wargriffin5  I'm not worrying about it at all. Quite the opposite!
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  108. *fewer
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  109.  @AvangionQ  Precisely!
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  110. Please learn about paragraphs. Also, this video is partially disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc.
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  111.  @andrewjones575  That's true so far. This sort of thing might well save the world. Migration is a boon for both sides, and remittances in particular lead to more girls going to school, which lowers Total Fertility Rates like nothing else.
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  112.  @andrewjones575  That's a nativist canard. It's the same ignorance that probably fueled hate against some of your ancestors.
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  113. Perhaps, but note that he couldn't foresee industrialization, advances in food production, etc.
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  114. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  115. I wouldn't say that. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  116. Unfortunately, no. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  117. You're partly right, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  118. True, but this video is in part disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc.
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  119. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  120.  @lol-ih1tl  Declining rates are not a problem. Quite the opposite, anywhere in the world.
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  121.  @nightnyungwe5945  I'm well aware of all of that. You make some errors; the Victorian era was a time of slow-but-steady decline in total fertility rates (births per woman). In fact, that's one of the things that led to the eugenic concerns we see in this video. Total fertility rates declined, and then declined at a faster rate, due to increasing education of girls, among other reasons. Thankfully, the West isn't usually imposing these solutions anymore. Said solutions are being made available, and they're extraordinarily helpful. See the decline in Bangladesh's total fertility rate, along with India's and those of many other countries. Africa's population is not an asset if they can't be adequately fed (among other things). Of course the problem is due to political factors, but that's unfortunately not going to change without massive tumult that would go on for a long time and be very destructive in its own right. That, and now the environmental factors are worse than ever before. China's population figures were the object of scorn and derision when things looked hopeless. Note that the One-Child Policy only sped up the process that was already underway (family planning campaigns with far fewer dreadful elements were already in operation), it really served to empower the regime even more. China's demographics are not necessarily a source of strength today. Keep in mind that I'm very pleased with the low (and often sub-replacement) total fertility rates in wealthy (and sometimes not-very-wealthy) countries. That needs to spread and continue. It's better for everyone who remains, and indeed it's better for all of the hypothetical people never even conceived/born.
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  122.  @chriswatson1698  They also kill rats, however.
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  123. It's disappointing. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  124.  @waldzrf9875  I watched the whole thing. Thankfully, these days a lot of talk centers on how the best thing that people in rich countries can do to lower their carbon footprint is to have one fewer child. That sort of thing is actually visible in some of the headlines that fly past, but she doesn't talk about it. I'm not saying anything about who "should be able" to have children. We need fewer perpetrators of environmental devastation (among other things), and also fewer victims. And yes, I am sympathetic to anti-natalism, which I don't think is that strange.
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  125. Not so. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  126. True, but this video is in part disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc.
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  127. You've named both left-wing and right-wing elements there.
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  128. Not really. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  129. On the contrary, this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  130. I'm not sure what you're referring to.
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  131. All true, but the world needs fewer people born into poverty and suffering as well.
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  132. On the contrary, this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  133. Very true (but please learn to use paragraphs). There's also the motive to prevent people from being born into suffering.
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  134. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  135.  @1971gift  I'm not arguing with any of that.
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  136. Not really. It is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  137. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  138. Nobody's going to lessen their consumption voluntarily. I wish they would, but it won't happen.
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  139. Very true, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  140.  @VeeKayGreenerGrass  No, the pandemic restrictions prevented an enormous number of deaths, and the vast economic damage that would have resulted. Your first sentence is correct, however.
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  141.  @VeeKayGreenerGrass  Lockdowns, while difficult to implement correctly and rather ham-fisted, are still helpful in reducing spread. They're highly imperfect, but still important. If fewer people are breathing on one another, transmission is lessened.
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  142.  @Thatgurlkassixoxo  To what are you referring?
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  143. Exactly. They left that out of the video!
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  144. Si, pero hay problemas grandes, cosas importantes no estan aqui. (Disculpe, mi Espanol es triste.)
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  145. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  146. Very true, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  147. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  148. True, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  149. Unfortunately, this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  150. That's not exactly true; Latin America's total fertility rates have dropped like a brick over the past couple of decades.
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  151. Here we go again... The Nazis burnt Sanger's books. She and MLK lauded one another. Rosa Parks was on PP's board in the 1970s. Sanger worked with W.E.B. DuBois, and she didn't tolerate bigotry on her staff. She spoke to the Women's Auxiliary of the KKK because they asked her to, since their menfolk didn't want them to know about contraception. She later said that it was the weirdest experience of her life. The "word to go out" quote is out of context; that phrase meant that she didn't want people to get the wrong idea, which was easy to do considering the racial environment at the time. Besides that, her own writings show a lot of sympathy with the women of the Far East. Even Edwin Black, author of "War Against the Weak," a history of American eugenics, one of Sanger's strongest critics, makes it clear that she was no racist. She was many things, many of them bad, but not a racist. She also never was involved with any abortion; in fact, one of her goals with contraception was to prevent the dangerous illegal abortions being practiced at the time. Black women today have high abortion rates because they have high rates of unplanned pregnancy. They get abortions of their own free will; nobody is tricking them into it. Besides that, embryos aren't babies anyway, but that's a different topic. I'm tired of the lies.
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  152. Very true, but this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  153. This video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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  154. Please, no conspiracy theories.
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  155. On the contrary, this video is, in part, disingenuous. There's some important stuff that they leave out: the desire to prevent people from being born into poverty, the desire to prevent people from being born into suffering of any type, the decline in total fertility rates we're seeing in most of the world, etc. I give thanks every day for my vasectomy.
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