How else are they supposed to assuage the feeling that they're not some immortal magical beings living some divine simulation/game as the chosen ~~ones~~ players?

[–] jaanus20@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We can't deflate form 8 billion people and counting

[–] flop@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Malthus was wrong about this too. It's not the population that's a problem, it's miles of strip malls, filled with cheap trash, and meat and dairy every meal of the day.

[–] thank_me_its_friday@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Germany tried it once ... I mean twice

[–] Koordinator_O@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Don't forget about the Chinese. They tried too and they were much more efficient.