[TexasFreeper2009]

that’s the elephant in the room everyone is too scared to mention.

as the population of the 1st world declines, the population of the 3rd world is skyrocketing... that will be the real problem as those billions try to invade and or take away everything the 1st world has.

[central_va]

take away everything the 1st world has

Including nuclear weapons and technology.

[jobim]

In any case, I am skeptical that a continually increasing population is essential for prosperity, or that the only alternative is an aging population in decline. There is no reason a population can't achieve a steady state, and prosper with advances in technology, efficiency, health and productivity, and changing interests.

The demographers who made the documentary I mentioned in a comment above (Demographic Winter on youtube)look historically at this and conclude that population increase is crucial to a rise in the standard of living.

Baloney. Agrarian societies need more children because in those societies, children are capital. The more industrialized a society becomes, the fewer children are required

Not according to these demographers.

that’s the elephant in the room everyone is too scared to mention. as the population of the 1st world declines, the population of the 3rd world is skyrocketing... that will be the real problem as those billions try to invade and or take away everything the 1st world has.

They find that in all countries, from the Muslim world to China to India, and most drastically in Mexico, all birth rates are plummeting.

[qam1]

Yep, Moslems and Mexicans women have 3-4 kids while White women have careers and dogs