I still don’t see a problem with less people on earth.
America doesn’t need 400 million people. It doesn’t need 300 million people.
America had 200 million people in 1970. What is wrong with going back to that?
I clearly understand that economically we have all kinds of systems that are akin to ponzi schemes where economic growth depends on an ever-increasing population. Tough nuts. We are due for some belt tightening and reduced materialism.
I don’t mind seeing America return to a population of 200 million.
“America had 200 million people in 1970. What is wrong with going back to that?”
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Nothing, but Mohammedism is the Future.
‘Glad I’m old...
I wouldn't either. However, the bigger issue is that because of the demographics changes we've seen over the last few decades most of them won't be American.
RE: America doesn’t need 400 million people. It doesn’t need 300 million people.
The issue is more complicated than that— the average age of the develop country’s population is AGING, and with that AGED CARE becomes an important factor in society. Like it or not, as the population ages, health conditions associated with aging affects a significant portion of the population.
If we do not have enough young people to take care of our aged as their health deteriorates, we’ll have to either consider using technology ( AI and Robots ) to do the job, import younger care givers from country with surplus population, or in the most amoral case ( as they’re already doing in Canada for instance), develop ways to make them die comfortably before their time ( this also means you and me eventually ).
And not only that, as the population ages, assuming they’re even healthy, they’re all mostly retired, and depending on pensions and social security for living. Unfortunately, our system is such that the retired are dependent on the currently working to prop up the system. If we do not have enough able bodied WORKING younger folks to help carry this system, then yes, the country will eventually be screwed.
We need a growing productive population to replenish and replace those who will pass on, that’s the bottom line.