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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ViciDraco · 41-45, M

The question of overpopulation actually holds a ton of variables.

What quality of life is desired for everyone?
What population density is acceptable for rural vs urban areas?
How much space should be left wild?

I personally think we should try to get back down to under 4 billion until we can go extraplanetary. I do not think this is something where we need to Thanos snap people away, but just a gradual ramp down over a couple hundred years. The wealthiest countries are already naturally doing so.

I believe we can do that for all the reasons you give for why the planet is not overpopulated. We can support everyone right now if we change our economics and productivity incentives. Ideally, future population decline would then pair with better quality of life for all people.

My reasons for wanting a population decline is to reduce human development across the globe. Return land and space to the wilds and try to encourage biodiversity to once again take root. It's not a crisis reaction but a vision of a more balanced future.

If we don't fix our incentives and economics, the planet and most people living in it are screwed. That is true whether we cut our population in half or double it.

JimboSaturn · 56-60, M

@ViciDraco My point exactly . I am not optimistic that we can live in harmony with the rest of the natural world with more people. Do we really want or need more people? Why must we push the envelope to our carrying capacity.