There are already way, way too many people on the planet.
this post was submitted on 25 May 2024
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I suspect quite a few of them are going to be unalived in the next 30 years, given the way things are going politically in various countries.
Could be many millions, especially if Modi's India gets really bad and it overflows into Pakistan.
Still not enough to make much of a dent in the total world population though.
Nah, to do that you need widespread ecological collapse, famine, lack of clean drinking water, and ideally a really good infectious disease.
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Ignoring the -pretty much- fact that these are horrible people and horrible parents, are they fucking daft? There are 8 billion people on the planet, we're akin to earth cancer at this point, and we desperately need LESS human beings, not more.
No, I'm not advocating eugenics or any other dumb idea like that, in advoci for having less children (on average) sttleast until were down to a more reasonable <4 billion inhabitants on this world.
We can still supply the resources required to have 8 billion, but the sheet amount is killing the earth. With -for example- 4 billion people, we would on average have more for each, while the earth would get a breath of air while we take less resources.
People like this make me very cynical about the future of humanity. The worst assholes and the worst ideas always seem to get all the attention because these people whore themselves out. Of course Elon musk supports them, one dumb idiot supporting other dumb idiots.
Can we please PLEASE all start listening to reasonable people now?