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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 147 points 1 week ago (55 children)

I keep saying it all the time

It isn't about the QUANTITY of life

It's about the QUALITY of life

What sense does it make if you raise your population and everyone is miserably poor or on the edge of becoming poor?

It makes more sense if you just concentrate on making life more manageable, comfortable and sensible for the population you already have. Once you have a comfortable stable population of people who no longer worry about their future .... then they will be more likely to have a family.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

offer me eternity,
and I'll trade a cup of coffee and a dime looking for a handout
on behalf of those who have so little time

but who wants to live on just 70 cents a day? padding your pockets doesn't make this a better place
"cereal and water" is a feast for some you say
your price-tag on existence can't cover your double face

quality or quantity: a choice you have to make

dipping in the icing
bringing home the largest turkey from the field
breaking all the piggy banks, scooping up the booty
licking all the right holes, bolstering the payroll

why reduce life to a dollar amount per day?
and why let the world think this is the American way?
your uneaten greens are a feast for some you say
survival and living are concepts you can't equate

quality or quantity: don't tell me they're the same

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