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also depends on how resources are used. if every human lives like a typical American who drives everywhere to do everything (including buy a pack of beer), set their 2500sf homes for a family of 4 at 78F in the winter and 65C in the summer, then yes we are screwed.
Look at it this way. The present population of the world is 7.262 billion . In roughly 60 years another 7.262 billion babies will be born, and some percentage of those people on earth today will still be alive. Now that rate of growth expressed in percentages is drastically lower than it was 50 years ago, but these 7.262 billion babies will almost all grow up being exposed to TV or internet tales of over consumption. The 2500 sf home and the car to get a beer will seem like the minimum to be expected from life, still far short of the celebrity lifestyles they will ogle on their wireless phones.
The reduction in birth rates will on the balance seem to be nothing.
The Chinese government enforce the one-child policy to control the population because it is over-populated. India is also over populated why doesn't its government do something?
This reminds me of how the NASSERIST Libyan Jamhariyya gave the figure to NATO and its overseers when it went against the eugenics agenda and allowed immigration from all over the continent.
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This objective is why the ridiculous identity of an “African South Sudan” and an “Arab North Sudan” have been nurtured and promoted. This is also why black-skinned Libyans have been targeted in a campaign to “colour cleanse” Libya. The Arab identity in North Africa is being de-linked from its African identity. Simultaneously there is an attempt to eradicate the large populations of ”black-skinned Arabs” so that there is a clear delineation between “Black Africa” and a new “non-Black” North Africa, which will be turned into a fighting ground between the remaining “non-Black” Berbers and Arabs.
This is also why black-skinned Arabs and black-skinned Berbers, as well as other North African population groups which are black-skinned, are facing genocide in North Africa.
At the same time, under the “Clash of Civilizations” model, the Middle East and North Africa are slated to simultaneously be in conflict with the so-called ”West” and “Black Africa.”
Real multiculturalism threatens the legitimacy of the NATO war agenda. It also constitutes an obstacle to the implementation of the “Clash of Civilizations” which constitutes the cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy.
India had a short lived and ham-fisted male sterilization program when Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister in the late 60s. It was an utter failure
Population is already going down in many nations.
“In contrast with these apocalyptic forecasts, over 40% of the world’s population live in nations with sub-replacement fertility (defined as any rate below 2.1 children per woman)—a common feature among the most prosperous countries.
Moreover, a report by the Foreign Policy Research Institute states that the phenomenon of sub-replacement fertility rates is rapidly spreading to developing countries. Should all of these trends continue global population will peak–but then experience a secular decline.
The potential consequences of global depopulation could be substantial, and many could be quite positive. Stress on infrastructure and services would diminish. Land might be abandoned and natural habitats could reappear, along with fauna and flora.”
Because they are not going to roll tanks over their population in a local Tienanmen Square and the people know it so they can't do things like Chinese authoritarians can.
That's right. The Indians have their basic right to starve and live like the animals in hovels!
China has a centralist government that was very authoritarian when it implemented that policy. India doesn't have such a government so it wouldn't have such a policy.
And China is light years ahead of India in all social indicators. No one ever talks about India as a potential power of any sort. It's just there.
Taiwan is the second most densely populated nation after Bangladesh, and the government is encouraging more births, but, essentially only with slogans, as people still feel too busy with work and housing is expensive and there is little state assistance for young families and mothers.
Taiwan may now have the lowest birth rate on the planet, and I think at the current rate, Taiwan will by 2018 have a very large portion of the population above 65 years of age.
China is going down the same road that Taiwan is heading. In fact, the Chinese leaders are trying to stave off a declining population before China sufficiently develops.
I guess couples in Japan, Taiwan and HK do not think having children is a happy thing as the couples in India and China.
People in Japan, Taiwan, HK etc are also more picky in choosing a spouse. South Koreans are less picky. They also have lower marriage and divorce rates, and people do not get married as early as the couples in developing countries.
Well, there is also the cultural expectation of women in a country like Japan where it is acceptable for them to have a career, but not if they're a mother. So women are instead choosing a career over a family. So I'm not sure if it's pickiness as much as it is a lack of choices for life goals compared to the West.
That's right. The Indians have their basic right to starve and live like the animals in hovels!
What exactly do you propose that India do to control its population in a democratic way. It is already trying to educate people about birth control.
Unfortunately the rural poor, especially Muslims have a much higher birth rate than the urban wealthy people.
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