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Overpopulation, famine and the Malthusian catastrophe

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  • #32
    freedominacup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Educating / empowering women and providing better health care work even better.

    It's less likely there will be "spare" children in case some of their siblings die.

    One follows the other with urbanisation but you are correct if women in more rural areas of the developing world had better access to healthcare and education doubtless it would have similar outcomes. Although the anonimity you get in urban areas quickly diminishes patriarchal powers esp in periods of rapid growth, this sort of control will remain in rural areas for quite a while longer. Capt'n Midnight can't be subject to the same influence if very few people know who he/she is and if the behaviour that people want to influence has become commonplace.


  • #33
    Pushtrak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭Pushtrak


    D1stant wrote: »
    Daftest post I've read in a while. Congrats (in a trivial sense)
    What is your point? You agree with the 500 million figure? If so, you have your work cut out for you in demonstrating that.


  • #34
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    We will need lots of peoples if we want to populate the galaxy.

    Re comparing populations at different times.
    Ireland used to have 8.4 million back in 1841
    DRC lost half it's population under the Belgians.
    Large parts of Tanzania and Namiba were depopulated under the Germans.


  • #35
    Doom
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,381 ✭✭✭Doom


    positron wrote: »
    This is the truth. Funny to think there are millions out there like OP here who thinks all they have been doing is donating to save the africans. He/she just doesn't realize they are contributing/supporting systems/regimes that exploit the same Africa and it's resources... and I am not talking just diamonds either - that's nothing in the bigger picture.

    You should really read the 1st post before making any comments, I do make a comment about the "Aid" been stolen or used to buy arms


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