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The world is not overpopulated

Overpopulation is a myth that's been going around since the dawn of eugenics since the entire point of it is to reduce the number of undesirable people and the undesirable people for some reason, are never of European extraction.

There is enough food, power, and materials for everybody. We live in a post-scarcity world. If a warehouse full of food cannot be sold, that food will always be thrown out rather than donated. We sprawl out our cities rather than build them up because there is so much space. Our arable land is used for luxury goods and meat.

We will literally go to another country, train and fund killers to put dictators in charge, the dictators let our corporations buy all the land, and then that land is used to grow luxury goods the locals barely see a dime from and never get to enjoy. Then we complain about them having too many kids.

If the population of the earth was half of it was right now, the amount of hunger in the world would be the same.
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CountScrofula · 41-45, M
All y'all who want the world to be less populated should explain to me how you intend to achieve this.
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@CountScrofula The most effective way to lower birth rates is educating women.
revenant · F
@JimboSaturn educate women where ?
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@revenant Emerging countries.
revenant · F
@JimboSaturn maybe they are happy as it is. Has anyone asked them what they wanted ? Perhaps they see crazy and lonely women in the West and think : not for me thank you.💁‍♀️
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@revenant Perhaps. I have no idea how they feel. I would imagine that equally they could want economic emancipation from men and want more out of their life than mothers.
SW-User
@CountScrofula covid, nature is on it
revenant · F
@JimboSaturn I think a choice is important. Values are not all universal.
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@revenant I think some women are not given a choice
revenant · F
@JimboSaturn Indeed. Same for men. Same for everybody
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
@JimboSaturn Beyond that, it's about alleviating extreme poverty. I do agree with this. People who live in better conditions have fewer kids, and education is a part of that.
revenant · F
@CountScrofula but you have to wonder who is happier in the end..
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
@revenant This is actually what I care more about. I don't want wealth I want happiness.

That said, money doesn't buy happiness but poverty buys nothing.
revenant · F
@CountScrofula My thoughts exactly.