Re:China to begin two-child policy
by LoSboccacc on Thursday October 29, 2015 @09:01AM
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Yes and that's why I included culling in the options. Doesn't need to be voluntary. Diseases, war, famine all are under the same umbrella.
No, you've still failed to comprehend the point: people, in general, do not have more then 2 children on average, as they increase their lifestyle.
Which highlights the other reason people talking about overpopulation are unsettling: suddenly everyone's playing psychopath.
So we have to increase the lifestyle of 2/3 of the world. The West is free to have 2 or less children on average. Africa doesn't give a shit, they're too poor to afford it - so their population grows.
Most western countries populations grow only because of immigration - fertility is below the replacement rate.
Overpopulation is the "problem" people trot out so they don't have to talk about things they might actually have to do something about, like switching to renewable energy sources, or improving women's education in developing countries.