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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
that is a bunch of bullshit. overpopulation is a social darwinist myth! the world can handle 48 billion people so long as we stop living greedy, wasteful and consumer based lives.. at the present rate of consumption however the rate is 2 billion.. its not the planet that can not handle the people, its the people who can not handle sharing with other people. there is no such thing as overpopulation, it is a man-made disaster  |
First of all, even if all of your figures are true there is still certainly such a thing as overpopulation. You say the world can handle 48 billion people? So then what does 49 billion people make? One billion too many people. Overpopulation.
And even if we can sustain more people right now simply by changing our lifestyles, why ignore the problem of overpopulation until it becomes unavoidable? If we do that, our response will have to be much more severe.
Also, you ignore human nature. Sure, more people would have more resources if the greediest cut back... but since when does that happen?
It makes mores sense tackling the problem facing the reality of it versus only striving for the ideal. If you try to get everyone to do a little, you have a chance. If you try to get everyone to do a lot at once, nothing will happen. Ultimately, the biggest steps to repair things won't happen until everyone feels the strain.