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Having 1.4 billion people isn't exactly responsible either, though. Call it what you want, China is still responsible for the lion's share of pollution (not just CO2).
China: we are worried about overpopulation, we will tax over 1 child
Westerners: authoritarian!
China: Birth rate slowed, stopped the tax, has 1.4 billion people
Westerners: ugh you have too many people! Irresponsible!!!
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USA is still accountable for more c02 pollution in the atmosphere than any other country. And keys be honest, USA and Europe are responsible for most of the pollution of all kinds in the world. Please break out of your bubble...
There might be other ways to control population like, oh, say, sexual education or free contraceptives. It is totally the Chinese, authoritarian way of thinking that lead you to where you're at now.
And it's single minded liberal thinking that makes you believe that these things are mutually exclusive, and putting words into my mouth to say things I never said.
How difficult is it to flip a switch in educate one and a half billion people? How long does that take for it to take effect? How can you get high quality education into rural societies that may not even have access to the internet?
This is the problem with liberals, there's only one solution isn't there? Everybody believes the same thing, right? The solution that works for me will work for everyone...
Of course access to sex ed and condoms will help, I believe that. And China is now doing that too. But that's so easy to Google, I know you didn't even try. They didn't need to tax multiple kids forever, they needed to slow it down quickly. And they've removed that tax.
Westerners use taxation to incentivize or decentivize action all the time, is that authoritarian? Please, for one fucking second, turn your excellent deduction skills (lol) inward onto yourself for a moment.