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Under Argentina’s New President, Fuel Is Up 60%, and Diaper Prices Have Doubled (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You missed the point. Disposable plastic items filing our landfills are bad, sure.

But the problem I was referring-to isnt the diapers. It's the catastrophic environmental damage caused by humans reproducing. The problem is the babies.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I promise you nobody is going to stop having kids because diapers specifically are expensive

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, a better policy is investing in schools, giving free contraceptives and healthcare including abortion services

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

that's nice but has nothing do do with your initial comment

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This was not really clear in your previous comments where you zoned in on a specific product rather than population growth.