Population, economic growth and ecological damage - a peek under the hood

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1. Wrong on every level.

Religion, corporate greed, ignorance, and the suppression of educated and free women is what spurs unnecessary increases in population growth.

It is not a coincidence that as a population becomes better educated and healthier the number of children they have decreases.

Religions benefit by having masses of ignorant people filling their pews and following their directives. Corporations love huge populations because they have people competing for low wages and substandard conditions. It is why corporations moved to China and India. Women are the ones burdened when they have too many children and are the ones who lose out on education. It then perpetuates a cycle of ignorant mothers raising ignorant children who adhere to ignorant practices. It is why child brides as young as 7 and 8 still exist around the world.

Ask any farmer or gardener what happens when a tree or plant is burdened with too much produce. One of the first things that must be done is thinning of a tree or plant. Too much produce will weaken the tree, increase susceptibility to disease and instability, will yield low quality fruit, and can increase the chances the tree will die. The same is true of the earth.

People need to just stop breeding so much and we need to stop supporting those who can't seem to absorb that message.