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originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: grandmakdw
But that is just an effect of centralized government. As the government consolidates power, it naturally wants to consolidate more power as a result. It is a vicious cycle and has little to do with what the overpopulationists are saying.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: grandmakdw
Don't worry the government is doing a terrible job of being environmentalists. They only care about air pollution but neglect water pollution and ground soil pollution. One thing you can always rely on from the government is that it will do everything it does as inefficiently as possible.
There's the right way, the wrong way, and the government's way. Bureaucracy what a treat!
originally posted by: LukeDAP
To be honest, it might make things hard for Italy in future generations (the number of elders who need support being much higher than the number of young people who are able to do so), but the whole planet, and humankind as a whole, won't change that much, IMO. I mean, if Italian women are having, in average, about a kid each, that kinda compensates places where the women have much more children than that...
According to this, I'd say that there are enough people in the planet doing more than their fair share to keep the world population pretty high...
originally posted by: TonyS
originally posted by: LukeDAP
To be honest, it might make things hard for Italy in future generations (the number of elders who need support being much higher than the number of young people who are able to do so), but the whole planet, and humankind as a whole, won't change that much, IMO. I mean, if Italian women are having, in average, about a kid each, that kinda compensates places where the women have much more children than that...
According to this, I'd say that there are enough people in the planet doing more than their fair share to keep the world population pretty high...
You don't see any problem with that list of high fertility birth rate countries? Really? Assuming all facts are recited correctly, that which is generally regarded as "civilization" will fall into a de-populated dark age and that which registers rather poorly in terms of technological advancement will continue on in high population growth. I could get a bit more graphic about the problem but will, rather, provide this analogy...I don't think we'll do very well in looking to Burundi for Nuclear power plant experts to keep the lights on in...France.
This looks a lot like "Idiocracy" on a global scale.