Rich, I hope you are happy that your tax dollars are helping WM employees by funding their demand on welfare, SNAP, and other government programs.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Craig <diese...@pisquared.net> wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:24:23 -0500 "arche...@embarqmail.com" > <arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > > He thought that the dangers of population growth > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_growth> precluded progress > > towards a utopian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia> society: "The > > power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth > > to produce subsistence for man." > > How wrong he was! He was disproved long ago. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Robert_Malthus > > > > Since the 1960s when the world was still seeing famines, and new types > > of rice and corn were developed that were primarily responsible for > > ending those famines, the population of the world has approximately > > doubled to roughly 7 billion. At the current rate of population > > growth, the world will have approximate half again as many people; > > roughly 10 billion; by 2050. > > The rate of growth of world population has slowed significantly, such > that world population will peak mid-century, and then GO DOWN. Many > countries are well below replacement rate (e.g., Japan and Italy) and > will implode. > > > > Why do people seldom address the ominous facts of population growth and > > cling to the popular view of 18th-century Europe that saw society as > > improving and in principle as perfectible? > > First, because population growth is under control and is not ominous. > Second, because the discredited Malthusian argument holds no water, as > your example of new types of rice and corn illustrates; man is a > creative being, made in the image of his Creator, and has and will > continue to work around difficulties. > Third, because politics and forms of government, not drought and other > weather-related incidents is what is causing famines. > Fourth, because they refuse to acknowledge that mankind is inherently > bad and can never be perfected, nor can his governments. > > If you think otherwise, you are either brainwashed, are listening to > Chicken Little too much, or both. > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
