At least that is what this woman seems to think; a one child policy world wide. Good luck with that lady.

The real inconvenient truth

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Those on the left in this country are anything but liberals.

I am a liberal, a classical liberal. Classical liberalism is liberalism, but the current collectivists have captured that designation in the United States. In Europe they are glad enough to call themselves socialists. But no one in America wants to be called socialist and admit what they are.

This is the same China that accounts for nearly 20% of the world's population, right?

Yep. Maybe we should just nuke China.

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Those on the left in this country are anything but liberals.

I am a liberal, a classical liberal. Classical liberalism is liberalism, but the current collectivists have captured that designation in the United States. In Europe they are glad enough to call themselves socialists. But no one in America wants to be called socialist and admit what they are.

Well, I think it's stupid. That's not the proper way to combat population growth. Though the quiver-full morons don't help. What is key is to stop having babies so young. We need to spread out the generations a lot.

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First they came for the mimes, and I did not speak out, because I was a mime.

That would be a lot easier and less politically dangerous than implementing a one child policy, that's for sure.

I'm in... and not very busy this time of year so yeah let's do it.

BTW: if we sell the TV rights PPV this thing could break even...

Or... We could simply implement better ways of dealing with the effect our population has on the environment. Maybe use environmentally friendly power sources? Use trash as a power source rather than making it into hazardous waste? Crazy ideas like that.

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During the journey we commonly forget its goal. Almost every profession is chosen as a means to an end but continued as an end in itself. Forgetting our objectives is the most frequent act of stupidity.
-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Wanderer and his Shadow

All good socialists have villas in Southern France. That's not the point.
-Eurosocialist

China allows more than 1 child, you just have to pay extra fees and taxes for it (on the order of $10,000). I don't think twins count against you either.

If China's policy continues long enough, natural selection will favor twins. I'm not personally particularly into asian girls, but just imagine all of the hot asian twins for those guys who are.

People traditionally have a sizable number of children so there is a surviving child who is willing and capable of taking care of their parents in old age. The trend is more pronounced in less developed nations as those states generally lack any sort of reliable system to help it's elderly citizens.

The only way to realistically tackle population is to cap food production based on the natural carrying capacity of land as determined by renewable agricultural practices. (i.e., no fossil fuel based fertilizers or pesticides or farm equipment).

Andrew

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“...corporations and those who run them cannot stop exploiting resources and amassing wealth until they have... .I cannot finish this sentence, because the truth is that can never stop; like cancer, they can only continue to expand until they kill the host.”

-- Derrick Jensen

But we still have the right to choose right?

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January 21, 2013: The End of an ERROR.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."
"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
---Benjamin Franklin

How would the excess population be culled?

It would not have to be. Over time populations would level out to the natural carrying capacity.

There would still be tough choices to make - but the alternative is billions of starving people mad as hell and desperate for food. Willing to do anything to get it.


Andrew

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“...corporations and those who run them cannot stop exploiting resources and amassing wealth until they have... .I cannot finish this sentence, because the truth is that can never stop; like cancer, they can only continue to expand until they kill the host.”

-- Derrick Jensen

Through starvation which would lead to ... billions of starving people mad as hell and desperate for food. Willing to do anything to get it.

u can joke about the truth but there is nothing u can do...but China can and did.

China took the ultimate sacrifice so that future generations can have a better life...for Chinese as well as non Chinese.