Assuming that in the future most jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence or other advanced systems, is it (in your opinion) highly likely that the powerful figures of this world would want to commit genocide against a large part of the world’s population, or would we be dealing with true philanthropists?
is it?
there’s perhaps too many people to live as wastefully as we do, oughtn’t we reduce the waste then?
There are absolutely too many people on the planet. It’s not about waste (although that’s part of it) as much as there are limited resources to feed everyone and make all their toys. Now it is possible to feed everyone for some time but we will be doing it while the natural world disappears. Some care, some don’t.
there are too many people, to live the way we are. and the way we are living is shameful. what insanity would prioritise Many Not Existing so A Few can keep living a shameful life?
population distribution is anti-correlated with carbon footprint: “Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%”
it’s not about population, it’s so A HANDFUL of overly-privileged people can continue to waste energy on eg. nice frosty transparent dialog boxes serving them slop advertising on their smartphone as they sit on the toilet - so that MANY MANY other people end up either not existing or starving just so they can enjoy the privilege <insert applause>
I just want to add that I do recognize waste as a problem and something I personally tackle every day and try to influence others to pay attention to. There are many things that need to be done on a much larger scale but without education it would never get support. One of my favourites would be to mandate product warranties.
Blaming the 1% is popular right now but not relevant to the impact population has on our world. Mineral extraction, land clearing for food production and the raping of our oceans is not being done for the 1%.