Re:We can do better than “same, but electric”
by oblio on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @12:39PM
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> Most populated areas of the world are also not suited to having everyone living in rural areas being herded together into an ultimately dystopian pod-life hellhole.
Most people in the world don't live in rural areas, and where they are the majority, you wouldn't want to live like that because they're subsistence farmers living in undervedeloped countries (think Somalia, Afghanistan, etc).
In developed countries and developing countries people are being "herded" in to cities, and they like it because the alternative is worse. And they are the majority.
The fact that you don't know this basic fact kind of says all there is to be said about this conversation...
One of the greatest triumphs of civilization is urbanization. All the cradle of civilizations are called like that because they built great cities, for their time.
Most people in the world don't live in rural areas, and where they are the majority, you wouldn't want to live like that because they're subsistence farmers living in undervedeloped countries (think Somalia, Afghanistan, etc).
In developed countries and developing countries people are being "herded" in to cities, and they like it because the alternative is worse. And they are the majority.
The fact that you don't know this basic fact kind of says all there is to be said about this conversation...
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Also, off-topic but still relevant:
One of the greatest triumphs of civilization is urbanization. All the cradle of civilizations are called like that because they built great cities, for their time.