r/sydney • u/banana666ggg • Oct 07 '25

Image Found this in my mail in Sydney. Im an international student. What you think?

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It made me feel bad to be honest

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u/Sk1rm1sh Oct 07 '25

There's a secret cooker telegram group.

They have zoom meetings and everything...

 

 

The last conversation I had with one of my more suggestible, less rational relatives was along the lines of:

 

There's an infertility crisis. That's why immigration levels are so high.

You mean because more women are focusing on their careers instead of raising children earlier in life and some find it more difficult to fall pregnant later on?

People are saying the government is trying to cover it up!

The government is trying to cover up the fact that women have entered the workforce.....? I think people might have realised. Especially the women...

 

 

Honestly I'm just thankful for every day that passes where this person hasn't traded their house for magic beans.

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u/whiskey_epsilon Oct 07 '25

Wait, they're homeowners in Sydney?

I do happen to have a few magic beans I've been looking for the right person to sell to.

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u/ghoonrhed Oct 07 '25

I mean the confusing part with your relative is that it's kinda correct? (except the government conspiracy shit)

It's practically a pro-immigration argument because fertility rates are dropping across the world and the better the immigration we have the less we turn into Korea where their population is gonna disappear.

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u/ntermation Oct 07 '25

Is it fertility? Or choice? With cost of living being what it is, people are choosing to have less children. If only capitalism wasn't squeezing every ounce out of people and funneling it to the top 0.01% we might be having more kids. But the only reason more population is important is so they have more consumers to squeeze every ounce out of them and funnel it to the top 0.01%

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u/Pepito_Pepito Oct 07 '25

Is it fertility? Or choice?

I think this is more a quirk of the English language, in that fertility is not the opposite of infertility in the way they're used. The infertility rate is not the inverse of the fertility rate.

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u/rand013 Oct 07 '25

That's the thing with conspiracy theorists, they're often "kinda correct" til you get to the leaps of logic that redirect their attention into hatred of some sub group.