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Warpy

(110,909 posts)
48. Mechanization of agriculture did most of this
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 09:16 PM
Sep 2017

Kids don't stay on the land, they go to the cities where they think they have a chance of making a decent living. The countryside gets depopulated, towns fade and die, and the slums just keep on growing.

It's not just Mexico City, either. Lagos is probably the worst example these days.

K & R Arkansas Granny Sep 2017 #1
K&R smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #2
I don't know about the other pictures but the "new dam in Oregon" picture is b.s. Botany Sep 2017 #3
Thank you. The pic didn't look right. Eom mrs_p Sep 2017 #6
I think the picture is from California during the drought Botany Sep 2017 #10
It could be Keechelus Lake in Washington. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2017 #33
Thanks for the clarification. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2017 #25
Possibly Alder Lake in Washington State Generic Other Sep 2017 #34
That seems to be sloppy wording, not b.s. Jim Lane Sep 2017 #36
Clarification. yallerdawg Sep 2017 #37
But the point is still there. zentrum Sep 2017 #49
Right, people are just pointing out how the point could be sharpened. nt greyl Sep 2017 #52
Ah-ha. zentrum Sep 2017 #54
I'm so gullible. PdxSean Sep 2017 #55
Human induced, self destructive Sixth Mass Extinction. democratisphere Sep 2017 #4
Overpopulation to the point of killing the host Calculating Sep 2017 #7
We're dealing with humans. Enough said. democratisphere Sep 2017 #9
And religions which preach no birth control, efhmc Sep 2017 #22
And the politicians who cater to that bullshit with bans to sex ed based on science facts, procon Sep 2017 #32
Many climate scientists think we were already Duppers Sep 2017 #13
And people hated China for their "one child" policy. nt JayhawkSD Sep 2017 #16
People hated China for their one child policy because TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #24
Good point. I spoke with insufficient thought. nt JayhawkSD Sep 2017 #53
We need to spike the water supply rusty fender Sep 2017 #40
Certain cities? Duppers Sep 2017 #44
I agree rusty fender Sep 2017 #46
We need to highly reward people who don't have children FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #43
Some beauty jayschool2013 Sep 2017 #5
Let's all move to Nebraska! IronLionZion Sep 2017 #8
Great jayschool2013 Sep 2017 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author jayschool2013 Sep 2017 #18
There is beauty in many places. jayschool2013 Sep 2017 #19
Indeed! IronLionZion Sep 2017 #23
Not Nebraska. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #14
The placism is strong jayschool2013 Sep 2017 #20
And all of our children are above average... Wounded Bear Sep 2017 #21
this is not my beautiful life... Javaman Sep 2017 #28
I've seen these devastating pictures. Duppers Sep 2017 #11
My daughter have made the same choice to not have children FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #38
I didn't have children.. Mellomugwump Sep 2017 #42
One woman, one child, one century, one billion. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #12
Folks, click on the OP's link. Duppers Sep 2017 #15
From the Cree tribe, I believe Bayard Sep 2017 #31
I agree with them. Duppers Sep 2017 #35
Aldo Leopold Mendocino Sep 2017 #26
Excellent quote. Duppers Sep 2017 #39
The future Mendocino Sep 2017 #41
No Horses... Javaman Sep 2017 #27
Tom Paxton - Whose garden was this Donkees Sep 2017 #29
Don't worry. Our big brain will save us. CrispyQ Sep 2017 #30
K & R Duppers Sep 2017 #45
Wow malaise Sep 2017 #47
Mechanization of agriculture did most of this Warpy Sep 2017 #48
Unfettered, unregulated zentrum Sep 2017 #50
More like unfettered, unregulated population growth FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #57
K&R Beringia Sep 2017 #51
Paradise Lost MFM008 Sep 2017 #56
Yep. raven mad Sep 2017 #58
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