Okay, I get it, you bring us to the edge of our seats, with the certaintude that a huge extinction of other species is going on, our population growth is unsustainable, we're polluting and destroying our "habitat" (It's OUR PLANET...) Yet, somehow, we'll be able to feed everyone too...if politics *(pesky stuff politics) gets out of the way...and some future genius' show us the way out of our predicament.
Life is an interconnected set of chemistry and physics.
Extinctions of species is a problem, since ecologies are made up of groups of species.
Extinction creates chaos in those systems.
Take a peek at Humboldt Squids and Sharks...no more sharks, and loads of squid...eating things we'd like to eat, like salmon, the population of which is plummeting.
Do you really think we can have all these people on the planet, and still live in total harmony with the environment, so we don't continue to destroy our own nest?
I'm not suggesting, BY ANY MEANS, that anyone who is already alive should have anything but a long and enjoyable life.
I can make the case, however, that IT IS IMMORAL FOR ANYONE ON THE PLANET TO HAVE CHILDREN, ANYWHERE, ANYWHEN.
We've ALREADY caused enough destruction to preclude our continued existence, past 100 years from now, or less. Few of us have reached this conclusion, that flies in the face of every societal norm, since the total purpose of a society is it's continued existence, and we're suggesting extinction, in a totally non-coercive way, by voluntarily not having offspring.
Check this out, if you've read this far.
We're vehement (and serious too!)
FRISH
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