This is the ONE biggest way we can fix our planets problems?

Question

http://www.socyberty.com/People/Solving-the-Biggest-Issue-Facing-the-Planet-Today.93212

why is it socially taboo to talk about - or even suggest...?

Answer 1

if by your suggestion we move to all land and have no place to grow food or raise it then man will eat man

Answer 2

The whole topic of eugenics and controlling population growth has been taboo for years.  Like you, I don't know why.  But I do agree that limiting population really cuts to the core of many problems.

Answer 3

There are some groups who seem to be attempting to over populate the planet. Some sort of mandatory birth control or limiting the number of children per family to one or two would definitely slow this trend. Why do these people feel they need 6, 8, 10 or more children. The largest families seem to be among those who are least capable of providing for them. Perhaps for religious purposes or just plain ignorance they don't seem to practice birth control. I personally would support laws to control population. Unfortunately many others and the ACLU would not.

Answer 4

Well   that   had  LOTS  of  population  control  ideas ,

which   one  are  YOU  talking  about   ?

FYI :   Reality  Check

The  time  for pop.  control   is  LONG  past  due .

The  population  overload   is  now  like  a  bus  3/4  of  the  way  over  a  cliff .

Sad  news ,   most  Unlikely  you  will  get  the  'bus  back  on  the  ground' .

Unfortunately ,  your  'developed'  countries  are  dominated  by  western religions  that  are  not  only  neurotic  in  their  fear  of  death  { even  euthanasia  by  choice }  but  there is  huge  opposition  to  birth  control  prevention .  { it   offends  their  god  apparently } .

They   may  know  how  to  manage  nano molecules  but

They  are  idiots  about   mortality .

Ahhhh Haa ,    idiot  -  savants  they  are  !

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Answer 5

To talk about genocide!? ...or talk about corralling whole populations of people under a system of total control!? Probably because humanity has already tried these a couple of times and didn't like the results.

Or maybe it's because informed people realize many industrial nations have negative population growth, so the article's "solutions" are irrelevant to any "problem" that needs to be solved.

Answer 6

drafting liberals to mandatory work on the space station.