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Originally Posted by DixieGal
But Steve, if population were to dramatically decline, how would the current high population continue at this high level of civilization?
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Our "high level" of civilization would be either higher, or as high for more people, if there were fewer people to which we had to spread everything around. We already know that machines can do much of the work labor produces... we have people who cannot find work... and many people who will never see the things you and I take for granted. A smaller population would more equally share the resources at hand, so there could be less poverty, less need, less homelessness and less ignorance.
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Originally Posted by DixieGal
That leaves disease, war, or some catastrophic event as the other ways of reducing population. I'm just not crazy about any of those solutions.
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Well, it's either going to be one--disease, war or some catastrophic event--or birthrate restriction. Take your pick as to which one you'd rather see. Me personally, I'd rather see fewer children so fewer children have to die by the ways mentioned above, but that's me.