I feel like the elephant in the room is if there was less people on the planet it would make things like the economy and resources more accessible to people. At some point maybe in the not so distant future it’ll be decided just to get rid of an amount of the population
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Thanos???is that you???
Man who cares
No one has all the answers, we’re all just stuck here together
May as well be nice to each other and share
“Maybe genocide isn’t such a bad idea after all” – OP’s opinion.
On the one hand there is a concept in biology called carrying capacity.
On the other hand there is a concept in ethics called eugenics.
Choose your loyalty carefully.
Would you volunteer yourself to not exist so the economy and resources are more accessible to other people?
Nah it’ll definitely be mass sterilization Mr definitely not fascist…
Nope, economic growth hinges on the population growth, less people=worse economy
Except… we know that’s not true. We have the resources and ability to take care of everyone one the planet. We just don’t.
Most of human history has been people coming up with reasons that THEY deserve all of everything and everybody else should have to grovel to survive.
It’s a skill issue not a resource issue.
We have plenty of resources to provide adequate food and shelter to everyone. Basic resources are plentiful, and we are tricked into thinking theyre scarce.
There is no lack of resources. That’s a myth. There are plenty of resources for everyone. The problem is getting the resources to those that need them. Those are socio-economic, political, and religious problems. Problems that have no easy answers and have big money working to keep the status quo.
In 1800 the world population was 1 billion. In 2025 we have 8 + billion. There were extremely poor, starving people who were considered less then back in the 1800 even with 7 billion less people. What was the reasoning for that?
I always think opinions like this come from people who have never read enough about history. History not from just an XYZ happened standpoint but as domino effects one event to the next and anthropology and economics. If we had less population we would have also less access to resources. Resources (food, water, shelter, raw minerals, fuckin wood) are possible BECAUSE of population. Less people means less sanitation workers, plumbers, farmers, truck drivers, train operators, lumber workers etc. all things needed to survive. Unless of course you mean once we are provided for by our robot overloads.
Those resources are already accessible. It’s just that people want to hoard and not share. Simple as that
OP has is likely 14 and thinks he has more “common sense” than most people.
Maybe not the point you’re making, but a lot of projections show the population will level off and possibly decline by the end of the century. Maybe it will be better, maybe not. Maybe better for some and not for others. No one really knows.
This is just vibes. Some problems get easier. Some problems get harder.
Regardless, you don’t have to get rid of anyone for a smaller population. People are choosing to have less kids. The population will decline on its own
Bro thinks genocide will fix the economy
No? Not only are you wrong in the fact that removing a whole portion of the population would allow the rest to access it easier (seriously dude how did you think less people is going to mine, farm, and ect for basic necessities and less people in more specialized jobs would equal more resources). But also in the fact that we can manage the earth’s biosphere with what we have today it’s just not profitable so corporations (and to a larger extent countries wanting a strong economy) don’t pass many environmental laws unless it’s absolutely necessary.
I agree, the amount of peoples that are net negatives for humanity outweigh the positive contributors. If they just disappeared humanity would be propelled to unimaginable heights. Evolution is slow and sadly most are closer to our ancestors than successors
Do you want to volunteer?
This is known as the Malthusian Principle. I don’t have a link to the studies, but I’m sure they can be Googled. It’s been proven false multiple times.
Ok Thanos… except that we do actually have the resources. It’s just that we allow an ultra minority to Ford for more resources that they could ever possibly need.
who determines who’s life is overvalued? who determines who lives and who dies? sounds like genocide
Here’s the thing, depending on what resource you were talking about, that is not the case. It really isn’t the case for most resources. For instance, take food. It is not the case that we do not have enough food on the planet to feed everyone. It is the case, however, that because pretty much everyone has agreed that you must pay money for food, anyone who cannot afford to buy food will starve and anyone who lives in a place where food cannot be transported to easily or cheaply will also starve. You don’t have to kill them or let them starve so that more people have access to food. You either have to provide them with what’s necessary to produce their own food or have businesses acknowledge that everyone has a right to food, so the argument cannot be made that certain people don’t get food because they don’t have money or it costs too much to get the food to them.
Umm thats already happened, and is happening. I hate to say it but will continue to happen. This is why its important to value all life on this planet. There is already too much slaughter.
So many believe the world is overpopulated but none of them volunteer to leave it
The issue is more massive overconsumption and waste than scarcity. Our economic system relies on consumption and growth.
So there’s a whole industry (marketing) focused on imbuing us with entirely pointless appetites: cravings and insecurities completely manufactured for the sole purpose of keeping money flowing through the system.