Population growth is the expanding elephant in the living room of environmental and social ruin, but few are honest about it. Religious/anthropocentric denial of this problem is increasingly dangerous. Today’s biggest headlines, including climate change and oil wars, are driven by human numbers more than anything. Crowd size amplifies crowd behavior. Decades after “alarmist” predictions were partially delayed with technology, population growth and its champions are still plundering the foundations of life and calling it progress. More people demand more land and resources each day. Oil has perpetuated an illusion of plenty amongst widespread scarcity. Thomas Malthus, superficially discredited by growth pushers, was never lacking for logic. Biological limits have only been stretched temporarily by fossil fuels, with diminishing returns. In a finite world there is no escape from ourselves. Billions cannot be shipped to other planets to avoid the crush. If everyone had their priorities straight (survival first, luxuries second) overpopulation would make daily headlines, rather than surface issues like money, politics and the obsession with job-creation; as if nature can divide equal wealth among more and more takers. If carrying capacity isn’t respected, vast numbers of people will be working simply to survive while fending off anarchy. It’s already happening, just maybe not in your neighborhood. [Cneqba gur pyvpuéq Xblnnavfdngfv gurzr, ohg vg ernyyl svgf guvf gbcvp.]

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