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Originally posted by defcon2
reply to post by ghostsoldier
[...] I disagree that 1st world has to become 3rd world.
If the population decreases everyones standard of living does not become the same[...]
People at that level are quite willing to kill millions or to starve millions of other people, simply to stay, not alive, but on the same economic level that they occupy, or even better, to inch themselves even one more millimeter above other ultra-wealthy people. This is the most serious threat faced by humanity in almost every area of endeavour, the paranoia of the people at the top, and their ability to manipulate the global economic paradigm to their own benefit and to the detriment of literally billions of people.
Originally posted by aliengenes
you could put every man woman and child from every country in the world in Texas, and give them all one acre of land,and they still wouldn't overpopulate the state. thats how many people there are.
overpopulation of the planet is impossible at the rate we die
Originally posted by defcon2
We are a capatilist society whereby greed is the name of the game!the wealthiest will continue to consume and increase their resource use even with 3/4 of the population gone!
There are roughly 6.8 billion people in the world. If you allowed everybody two square feet of space they would take up an area of approximately 487.67 square miles. That's roughly 21.2 Manhattans. If you wanted to give them roughly 4 square feet each, you know to dance or stretch, you could put them all in Luxembourg.
Originally posted by jlafleur02
In the chart that shows total change in fertility the left side has the graph go from 1 to 7, is that a percent of the population or a figure in numbers. Just confused about it.
Originally posted by Aeons
I see a lot of hate of your own lifestyle, and nothing to support any of your contentions whatsoever.
My being well off does not steal an apple from the mouth of another.
Nothing but your framing makes that so.
I've been in the cracks of society. You feeding your children and doing well never took a meal away from me. Ever.