Gross Overpopulation Is One Issue That Is Suicide For Any Politician To Address. We Are In Crisis.

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119. The OP is 100% correct, overpopulation will ruin the world if not dealth with somehow

This world simply isn't fit to hold more than a few billion of us. If it isn't climate changing doing us in, it will just be some other issue like resource scarcity/lack of water/other environmental degradation. Almost all of our environmental problems are due to this root issue. You think climate change would be an issue if the world only had 500 million people spread across it? You think things like drought, desertification, etc would be issues? No, we could basically live in luxury with more than plenty of resources for everyone indefinitely if we could sustain a population at that level. Not only that, but the value of each individual life would go up. Right now, life is cheap. We barely even feel bad anymore on news of hundreds/thousands dying in 3rd world countries. That's what happens when we've reached a point where LESS IS MORE in regard to the human population. More humans is no longer a good thing for the world.

IMO we've reached a so called 'great filter' at this point. It's a test which will determine whether humans are worthy of continuing to advance and eventually exploring out from our planet, or whether we'll crowd ourselves out and fall into decay like a population of rats in a cage. Passing this test will require us to do one of the hardest things our species has ever been faced with, which is to go AGAINST our core reproductive instincts. No other species has ever been faced with this dilemma. Suddenly following our most basic urge to reproduce has become a bad thing which directly threatens the continuation of our civilization. We also need to figure out how to keep the economy going in a NEGATIVE growth society, which is another very complicated issue.

Personally I have no kids, nor do I really want them at this time, so I guess I have no stakes in the outcome of this game. Whether we pass this test or not is largely just a matter of intrigue to me. I'd like to see something encouraging for a change, but so far I see little which gives me hope for the future of humanity. The population just keeps going up and up, and organizations like the Catholic church STILL can't seem to get on board with contraception. On the bright side, I guess you could say that there's no greater privilege than to see the end of the world begin and possibly occur in your own lifespan. To know that you might be one of the most privileged generations in history, who lived with all the wonders of modern life, and yet lived before those same wonders critically damaged the world we live in. What a special time to be alive.