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[–] hedge_lord@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

No u don't understand I need to be mean to others it's just how it is I don't make the rules. Wanting the best for everyone and working to achieve that is when it's Not Realistic and the more you are not finding excuses to hurt others the more Not Realistic it is. Hope this helps

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

There's actually enough liveable land for every adult on earth to have 2 acres worth.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

Ok, you can get the stuff near the north pole.

[–] DeusUmbra@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No no, there Are too many people... just of a specific social class.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Not once have I cried for a dead fascist. But I'm sure there is one that will bring me to tears, gotta keep trying.

[–] DeusUmbra@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Fascists, Oligarchs, go through them all and you'll find a reason to shed tears at the end.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (17 children)

I agree with this, but I still feel there are too many people. Like we don't need 8.5 billion. We could use so much less stuff if we just stopped fucking so much. We could REDUCE the size of our grid significantly. That seems like a good goal.

Btw genocide is a dumb way to achieve this. Plenty easy to just let people live to death since you can provide for 3x the number of people.

Edit: I thought I made it clear with the above line, but I'm not suggesting fucking eugenics. How do you get that from what I said..? I literally specified the fucking opposite. Unless people view any form of population controls in any sense to be eugenics. Which is just fucking braindead.

[–] belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 18 hours ago

The most effective way of population control is education, curbing of religious influences and raising of living standards. Just look up "demographic change". In the 1880, German fertility rates were between 5.5 and 5. That's on par with modern day Niger and Mali, some of the most fertile nations in the world. As soon as the mortality rates of German children dropped and a social net was established, rates fell. And this has happened all over the world. Unless we get taken in by abrahamic fertility cults again, a healthier, better educated and equal society will stabilize the world's population at around 9 billion. And we can easily support them, if we work towards it. No need for pseudoeugenics or other population control mechanisms.

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[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Scholars, the real deal, are rare for a reason - few people choose knowledge over wealth and power. There lies the crux of the matter, since anyone who pursues the other two paths would be the antithesis of the system so designed.

It's a nice model, but it runs too counter to human nature to work; and there is precious little (if anything) that can change the nature of a species as expansive as humanity.

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