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Overpopulation — Just a thought

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Just a thought about overpopulation… my opinion,

Earth is WILDLY overpopulated by humans…

1 or 2 billion of us would be just fine.

 

Life is precious… but it’s not only about human lives.

 

Homo Sapiens is such an invasive species!

We have gotten ourselves out of Nature. We behave like the reckless entitled Earth’s owners.

 

We’re already 8 billion people.

We’ve contaminated, endangered or destroyed most habitats. Humans cause “habitats losses” & contamination which are primary causes of flora and wildlife extinction. We are so invasive & reckless…

 

But Capitalism needs overpopulation… cheap and qualified labour to keep going … and sustain the system and its economics. The low birth rate is scary for the US, Russia, China and even the EU which need ever more immigration to prop up the Welfare State. Feeding the ugly beast (capitalism and its elite beneficiaries) is more important than Earth sustainability.

 

Is Earth 🌎 only meant to belong to humans and their pets?

 

Earth should be shared with all the living world in a sustainable way.

 

Let’s not forget that (we all of us know it)… Earth 🌍 would do just fine without Homo Sapiens,

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  • Exonerating capitalism and greed tells a lot about how brainwashed you are and how deep you’ve chosen to bury your head in the ground,

  • Overpopulation is the root cause of most of our problems.  

  • Blaming capitalism says everything about you and what you believe in. There was a thread about this just last week too

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30 minutes ago, Franck60 said:

Earth is WILDLY overpopulated by humans…

1 or 2 billion of us would be just fine.

 

Hello Billy Gates  yes there is a bit of a population "problem"   but you are solving it  by dimming the sun,slashing fertiliser and farmlands,  GMO food ,mosquitoes as flying syringes and mandated "vaccination"  so it will all go to plan.

1 billion of the chosen can inherit the earth.  🤮

Blaming capitalism says everything about you and what you believe in. There was a thread about this just last week too

46 minutes ago, Franck60 said:

Homo Sapiens is such an invasive species!

We have gotten ourselves out of Nature. We behave like the reckless entitled Earth’s owners.

White folk are down from 60% of the world population (1938) to under 14% o the world population today (2025). And that 14% includes Latinos!

 

Maybe you should be posting on another forum as we're already facing extinction as a race.

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I commented on Earth 🌍, mankind, the grim « big picture ». Capitalism and greed have taken the world by storm. They are the key drivers,

8 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Maybe you should be posting on another forum as we're already facing extinction as a race.

The Chinese will collapse before us.

2 minutes ago, Franck60 said:

I commented on Earth 🌍, mankind, the grim « big picture ». Capitalism and greed have taken the world by storm. They are the key drivers,

Oh youre french. That explains it

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Humans are full of themselves and aren't even on top of the food chain ... without weapons.  Truly insignificant.  Planet is fine with or without them.  

 

When they need a reminder how weak they are, Mother Nature stirs things up, just so the don't forget, humans will always be at the planet's mercy.  

 

At anytime, human existence could end, while other creatures would live on.  Life existed before humans, and will after they self destruct.

 

To the OP ... without capitalism, humans would be F'd.  If everyone was a LPOS, you'd all be homeless & starving.  The top 10% provide for the bottom 90%

 

The top 1%, control 95% of the wealth, and without them, their would be no order to things.

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30 minutes ago, hotsun said:

Blaming capitalism says everything about you and what you believe in. There was a thread about this just last week too

Exonerating capitalism and greed tells a lot about how brainwashed you are and how deep you’ve chosen to bury your head in the ground,

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2 minutes ago, hotsun said:

Oh youre french. That explains it

Lol

2 minutes ago, Franck60 said:

I commented on Earth 🌍, mankind, the grim « big picture ». Capitalism and greed have taken the world by storm. They are the key drivers,

Human numbers started exploding 10,000 years ago when we first learnt to farm. Very simply put the more food we were able to produce the more kids we had.

Disease, famine and war reduced that growth. If by capitalism you mean medicine and fertilizer then yes. 

1 minute ago, Franck60 said:

Exonerating capitalism and greed tells a lot about how brainwashed you are and how deep you’ve chosen to bury your head in the Sun,

Hey buddy the capitalist countries arent even the ones breeding. Direct your anger at the media for convincing yourself that your country is the problem and not the third world

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Totally agree! Overpopulation is more than real and the worst thing that ever happened to the world and humanity. 
 

it blows my mind that very few talk about it, or care…. So weird.

 

All the issues and trouble we’re facing are due to overpopulation. No more space, anywhere liveable. Noise, chaos.  no more empathy and care between people. Traffic, stupid unecesseray competition for jobs, housing ect

 

it’s so obvious, its the elephant in the room. When people will realize ? 
 

Asia is so overpopulated, crowded, suffocating. All the issues lies there. Not reasonable. 
 

No ones win now, all loose. We destroy ourselves by the numbers. 

 

 

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Overpopulation is the root cause of most of our problems.  

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4 minutes ago, hotsun said:

Hey buddy the capitalist countries arent even the ones breeding. Direct your anger at the media for convincing yourself that your country is the problem and not the third world

There aren’t « capitalist countries » and « non-capitalist countries. Capitalism and greed have obviously spread all over the world (or over 99% of it).
I was observing and framing my message. I wasn’t really directing anger at any particular country. But I should perhaps direct some anger at Homo Sapiens’ soul, which is too often violent and lacks « direction »,
 

3 minutes ago, Franck60 said:

There aren’t « capitalist countries » and « non-capitalist countries. Capitalism and greed have obviously spread all over the world (or over 99% of it).
I was observing and framing my message. I wasn’t really directing anger at any particular country. But I should perhaps direct some anger at Homo Sapiens’ soul, which is too often violent and lacks « direction »,
 

Theres capitalism in africa and the middle east? Thats where the overpopulation is happening. Your news source doesnt talk about that

The world is far from over populated, as little of the planet if fully utilized.  People are just too ignoranat, stupid or lazy to even provide for themselves and be happy.  Yea, I don't have a whole lot of respect for the human race.

 

People living where they don't want, working a job they don't like, and even in a relationship, they can't figure out how get out of.   Some can't even control their habits, addictions, whether food, alcohol/drugs, cigs, as their health deteriorates right in front of them :cheesy:

 

Tell themselves, it's a disease, instead of simply having a bit of self respect, exercising minimal effort and living the life they want.

 

I'm a uneducated, LPOS, and even I figured out the basics to be happy and enjoy life.

 

Everyone blaming everything and everyone else for problems of the world, and themselves, without simply looking in the mirror.   That's where they'll find the problem, and the solution.

There is lots of room but is it live able?

Should people move to those places and keep the good soil for growing food?

4 billion people are living in the yellow zone on the map

the other 4 billion are scattered all over.

There is no need to move to space,if all of that money was directed to fix the problems here

the earth would be a lot better off.

within the next 20 years or so we will be over the hump and less people will inhabit the earth.

The time of constant growth will be behind us.

What will that mean to economies?

More or less jobs? I think a lot less.

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8 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

The world is far from over populated, as little of the planet if fully utilized.  People are just too ignoranat, stupid or lazy to even provide for themselves and be happy.  Yea, I don't have a whole lot of respect for the human race.

 

People living where they don't want, working a job they don't like, and even in a relationship, they can't figure out how get out of.   Some can't even control their habits, addictions, whether food, alcohol/drugs, cigs, as their health deteriorates right in front of them :cheesy:

 

Tell themselves, it's a disease, instead of simply having a bit of self respect, exercising minimal effort and living the life they want.

 

I'm a uneducated, LPOS, and even I figured out the basics to be happy and enjoy life.

 

Everyone blaming everything and everyone else for problems of the world, and themselves, without simply looking in the mirror.   That's where they'll find the problem, and the solution.

On what do you base yourself to say that the world is far from over populated? 

OP.  I suggest you check out.  Be selfless and save the planet.  Especially if your name is Harary.
Thanks!

According to Ms Google, here's a few numbers that may surprise people ...

 

... About 10-15% of the Earth's land surface is directly occupied by human settlements and infrastructure (cities, towns, etc.). 

 

...  much larger portion, around 50-60%, is impacted or used by humans in some form, including agriculture, forestry, and other land uses. 

 

...  estimates suggest that about 20-40% of the Earth's surface is still in relatively good condition and has not been significantly affected by human activity. 

 

@Maxbkkcm ... Humans account for a tiny fraction of the total biomass on Earth, around 0.01%, according to 'Our World in Data'

 

That just exposed land mass, as a whole other world under water, and that's 71% of the planet, with oceans being 96% of the water coverage.

25 minutes ago, Maxbkkcm said:

Asia is so overpopulated, crowded, suffocating. All the issues lies there. Not reasonable.

Seems to be reasonable enough to everyone here. Why live in thailand then

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9 minutes ago, connda said:

OP.  I suggest you check out.  Be selfless and save the planet.  Thanks!

That’s a bit « simple ». At least, you won’t be blamed for overthinking the matter. In my message, I used the word « reckless ». You’re clearly part of it as you refuse to think a bit and take stock of the situation,

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58 minutes ago, Franck60 said:

Capitalism and greed have taken the world by storm. They are the key drivers,

 

Sorry, but I disagree; the main problem is uncontrolled birthrates in countries not practicing contraception. I did some research about 6 years ago, and these are just some of the numbers from then.

China population 1950 - 551,960,000

China population 2017 - 1,386,000,000 …increase circa 150%

 

India population 1951 - 361,088,000

India population 2017 - 1,339,180,127 …. increase circa 267%

 

Brazil population 1950 - 51,944,000

Brazil population 2017 - 208,862,818 …..increase circa 301%

 

UK population 1950 - 50,127,000

UK population 2017 - 65,648,000 …….. increase circa 31%

 

That's without looking at sub-Saharan Africa, where the average marriage is producing a family of 10 children.

 

This is also the biggest threat to global warming, for those that believe man made CO2 emissions are to blame; the more people, the more food needed, so more electricity, gas, cars, consumables, gasoline etc, etc, etc.

 

 

Eventually, nature will sort itself out. So... lets play while the going is good, as it will not last.

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Some years ago, there was a research and report made by a bunch of scientists in different fields in regard of the human overpopulation. They came to the conclusion that the optimal human population number should be between 1 and 2 billion, without much effect on the Earths ecology.

2 billion, according to the report was the maximum population number. To put it into perspective, the human population between 1950 and 1960 was in the range of 2.5 to 3 billion. So, 2 billion would be the pre-WW2 numbers.

 

The report also highlighted the very uneven population distribution, with largest population growth in Asia and Africa, mostly in developing counties, while what we call the Western countries experienced the decline in the native population.

 

There was a side note, that the church, specifically the Catholic church, bears a large responsibility for the population increase with their anti-condom and other contraceptive usage stance.

 

Unfortunately, I’ve lost the link to this.

Overpopulated possibly but the fact is that it seems like that from everyone living in the same cities etc. 

Only about 3% of the world's land is urban living areas.

15 hours ago, Franck60 said:

Just a thought about overpopulation… my opinion,

Earth is WILDLY overpopulated by humans…

1 or 2 billion of us would be just fine.

 

Life is precious… but it’s not only about human lives.

 

Homo Sapiens is such an invasive species!

We have gotten ourselves out of Nature. We behave like the reckless entitled Earth’s owners.

 

We’re already 8 billion people.

We’ve contaminated, endangered or destroyed most habitats. Humans cause “habitats losses” & contamination which are primary causes of flora and wildlife extinction. We are so invasive & reckless…

 

But Capitalism needs overpopulation… cheap and qualified labour to keep going … and sustain the system and its economics. The low birth rate is scary for the US, Russia, China and even the EU which need ever more immigration to prop up the Welfare State. Feeding the ugly beast (capitalism and its elite beneficiaries) is more important than Earth sustainability.

 

Is Earth 🌎 only meant to belong to humans and their pets?

 

Earth should be shared with all the living world in a sustainable way.

 

Let’s not forget that (we all of us know it)… Earth 🌍 would do just fine without Homo Sapiens,

Tell this Bibi or Putin or Donnie. They have the means to change.😱

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