"the condition of being populated with excessively large numbers.
"overpopulation is a serious problem the world needs to deal with"
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Desmond Morris a Zoologist who wrote books about human behavior, — Athena
↪Athena It is widely accepted that Nazi Germany was a result of German people’s fear of loss being exploited by right-wing populists all too eager to give them a list of Others to scapegoat for all of their problems. And only slightly less accepted that something similar is happening in America today. Something similar was almost happening in America back then: the War Department even produced a video warning the public of the dangers of demagogues stirring up ethnic hatred, directly comparing the version of that happening in America at the time to what brought Hitler to power. — Pfhorrest
Yes. The few people who own or otherwise control all the abundant resources that could be saving the lives of many but aren't.I'm not sure who you're referring to when you reference this "tiny fraction." Dictators? Billionaires? — BitconnectCarlos
Do you have a better alternative? — BitconnectCarlos
Not ideally, but while there are still other less direct but still coercive wealth redistribution systems running in the opposite direction (like rent and interest) it's an acceptable stop-gap measure. I'm a libertarian socialist, opposed to both the state and capitalism, but also a pragmatist, and while we're stuck with both states and capitalism I'd rather they be balanced against each other than in cahoots together.Do you believe in forced redistribution though? — BitconnectCarlos
No. Not by law at least, but in effect people should not generally end up owning things they aren't using that other people are or could be using instead, so if there are people who own wealth thousands of times more than they're personally using, and controlling other people's lives because of that, then something somewhere has gone wrong, and that needs to be addressed.Should there be a wealth cap? — BitconnectCarlos
Violent revolutions won’t solve the underlying issue. — leo
If it’s violent enough it would wipe the slate clean and allow a new system to form. — I like sushi
I’m pretty damn sure what the underlying problem is, but it’s hard to see an applicable means of countering it. Capitalism is in its death throes and I expect applying band-aids will help transition to something else because there needs to be a social paradigm shift toward what is regarded as ‘meaningful’ for most people. — I like sushi
↪Athena I am not convinced that it is overpopulation at fault but you are definitely right about the skyrocketing cost of living and I’m more concerned to express my sympathies for your situation than to argue about the causes of it. I’m in California where I make more than twice the median personal income for the US generally and still can’t afford to live better than a tiny trailer in a run down trailer park. My mom is on social security too and has been on and off the verge of homelessness for the past five years, and basically her entire check goes to renting a shitty bedroom in an overcrowded house in the slums and then food stamps have to cover the rest. I really hope you can find some way to manage your hardships, and more than that, that somehow we all can do something to make sure nobody like you has to anymore. — Pfhorrest
I like sushi — leo
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