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09-05-2020, 11:51 AM | #8221 (permalink) | |
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The one thing that makes pause is that if we want to construct any kind of robust welfare state in this country it could easily be overrun by people desperately fleeing the 3rd world. But otherwise I do think we have a lot of potential for growth in this country which is pretty much dependant on immigration and without which we might not forever be in a real position to compete with China economically. And call me a brainwashed chud all you like, I genuinely think the world in general would be worse off under Chinese dominance than American. Last edited by jwb; 09-05-2020 at 12:00 PM. |
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09-05-2020, 12:00 PM | #8223 (permalink) |
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First off Malthus was right. I’m happy to be called a Malthusian. I don’t care if you think you can catch him in the deets. He said exponential population growth was going to be a disaster and now we're living in a disaster.
That industrial countries have waning population growth doesn’t matter because we’re like 7 billion past a sustainable population. And the world population is growing still and yes exponentially. It’s a J-curve population growth. Many extinctions are absolutely caused by encroachment on other species space. Manmade climate change is caused by people... who are literally the population. There’s no ****ing argument. People are the top super predator ecosystem killing species on the planet. People make up the population. It’s that ****ing simple. If it’s not taught in school the teachers are incompetent af.
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09-05-2020, 12:05 PM | #8224 (permalink) |
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You're being overly simplistic either to ofuscate the argument or out of general lack of understanding.
It's not the 7 billion people that inevitably leads to climate change. We can have more than that with less climate change. It all depends on the technology you use And the declining birth rates means the models project the population to plateau IiRC somewhere around 9 billion people which is perfectly sustainable with the right technology. |
09-05-2020, 12:06 PM | #8225 (permalink) |
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Good ole Milton "let me make money and everything will fix itself" Friedman.
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09-05-2020, 12:14 PM | #8227 (permalink) | |
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It’s not sustainable for other species
Other large mammals are counted by the thousands and we’re in the billions That is ****ing insane. And even if we could survive it would be miserable. We’re going to run out of fossil fuels. That also means the ability to manufacture plastics. The idea that we’re going to be able to replace this resource is ****ing fantasyland. Just the shrug and then we’ll figure it out. Yeah right. Quote:
Except that it being inconvenient or even apocalyptic doesn’t make it any less true. This denialism. It’s wild how the human brain will create any fantasy to pretend it’s not ****ed.
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09-05-2020, 12:15 PM | #8228 (permalink) |
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How could a problem caused by people not be caused by people?
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