Thom Hartmann: Overpopulation Can Be Solve by Women

[thomhartmann]

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[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. The Right Wing response would be to exterminate all the the poor people.

[swilton]

2. Western chauvanism

is the way that I would characterize this argument.

Speaking of causal mechanisms - is it over population or over consumption (on the Western capitalist model) that is the problem...So the populations of the global south had fewer children. Would it make a big difference if their upwardly mobile consumption habits emulated that of the US.

I agree that over population is a problem on the horizon but having access to birth control is not going to be the panacea to environmental/ecological collapse as discussed here.

[Overseas]

3. K&R. Well said.

[20score]

4. By far the single most important issue we face.

The fact that there are people on the right and people on the left – for different ideological reasons – that fail to grasp the simple concept of too many people, bothers me to no end. Just like the climate deniers, and the evolution deniers; they have no case.

Plus, each cure for the over-population problem, (and they’re all necessary) like empowering women, education, and economic justice are worth doing in their own right.

Thanks and well said!