Ecological devastation, overconsumption, global poverty- why does no one ever discuss the source of these issues- overpopulation?
Is it really that radical to suggest that people stop having babies left right and centre?
Don't you worry none, according to the dynamics of Biological Anthropology, population stress will increase faster than our technological ability to compensate, and either social pressures or a super-disease will rise to the point that it wipes out a large, large portion of the overcrowded population, thus bringing things into equilibrium again.
It is inevitable, only a matter of time. Our technology can only hold it of for so long, and in terms of disease, the longer we hold that particular nasty population control back, the worse it gets.
Ignorance, tradition and some moralistic views of the churches (of all religions) is perhaps the biggest stumbling block.
We of the more developed nations always respond to those in need but it keeps happening again and again and I wonder if the limit has already been reached, which is sad
Given the increase of muslim radicals I fear that this would be the breaking point for most nations may be the chant "why should we feed them they only want to blow us up"
Radical Yes, logical to lower the population Yes, But how would you go about it short of sterilization or killing off a very large part of the population?
Edit: Thanks Avrie thats a load off my mind. Now I just have to worry about, well, all of you lol
Eventually though, we are going to reach carrying capacity on this planet, and more than just controlled birth will be put into action. People just don't want to face up to it.
Because people can't handle the fact that if they don't close their damn legs, or use a condom, we'll soon ruin our planet. You try and tell people they should stop having babies they can't care for, and see how they react. This is why no-one wants to bring it up - they'll get their head bitten off by baby-fanatics who are blind to the painful truth.
Yes, it is a big issue. but many avoid it. I think because of greed, population increase help the economy for sometime, until we don't have any more resources to exploit, of course. but it would be too late .
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I didn't know China and India are Muslim countries!, beside rich population exploit more resources than poor population. you know. US population exploitation of resources probably ten times of that of poor overcrowded countries. overpopulation is a threat for everyone on this planet.
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We are not worried about exploitation of oxygen or lands. we are worried about resources such as oil, gas, iron ..etc those are limited and so far we can't replace. the more increase in population, the fastest to finish. that is not equally distributed among population of the world. most third world countries live in poverty , they consume much less than developed countries. That doesn't mean they should keep overpopulating too.
then lets start building gas chambers nazi ,and all you libs. will be the first because you guys are all pu ssies who wont fight or use guns or commit violence so i say that Group should voluntarily line up to show the world it is a serious ,all hollywood and democrats go first just to show the rest of us they know best
The reason is because china has had a policy for years and it has led to high numbers in kidnappings and the buying and selling of baby's.
Leave it to mankind to take advantage of situations of ones own children.
We can talk all day about how it would trample on our rights and so on but the bottom line would be that mankind is just not intelligent enough to understand that we are destroying the only home it has, Earth.
We only have one world and one chance.
People would think that some one was crazy if they said we need some really big disasters to cut back on on the population but its the truth.
If man does not cut back, then eventually mother nature will fight back and do it for them.
depends on where you ask I think china kills female babies to control their population. Unfortunately certain races of people breed to obtain racial numbers Hispanics, Muslims to name 2,this is to gain power in numbers
True. But the good news is that fertility rates are declining all over the world, and the decline is surprisingly rapid. There are still places with alarming rates (6-7 children per woman), but large parts of the world are now below replacement rates (less than 2 children per woman). See:
Because it is not really an issue. It is only an issue if countries adhere to Socialist policy. If they embrace free market Capitalism the massive increase in efficiency, productivity and wealth generation will eliminate issues of poverty, consumption and ecological matters. It is not by accident that the USA leads the world in wealth, cleanliness and food quality.
Let me let you in on a little secret you probably never heard before. If you took all the people in the entire world, placed them into families of 4 and put them in three bedroom houses on 50 X100 ft lots, it would take an area roughly the size of Texas. Now I am not suggesting that we do that, it is only to illustrate how large the planet is and how small the human population is.
We would be better served if all countries embraced Free Market Capitalism and had self determining governments. Do you realize how much lumber, farm-able land and other resources are wasted due to inefficient use? Modern farming methods can increase crop yield a hundred fold. Modern building techniques would greatly reduce the use of lumber. I offer these just as examples of how technology can change the equation.
Do you know where the whole overpopulation issue came from? Socialism. You see, Socialism is nothing more than a system of rationing of existing wealth. It does not encourage efficiency or productivity or the competitive self interest that has propelled the USA from the poorest to the wealthiest country in just over a hundred years. It still is.
And bear in mind, no Capitalist, democratic republic has ever gone to war with another Capitalist, democratic republic ever in the history of the world.
Because that's something we can't make a Republican and Democrat side with; two sides can't both be right and that undermines peoples' interpretation of politics, and their sense of self-righteousness. No way, it involves change, self-control and moderation, and that's not something people are willing to think about.