Would the world be a better place if there was a significant decrease in population?

[n...not crazy]

Reminder...

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

Yes.

 

[Last Samurai]

Reminder...

south east asia is a crowded place for sure

but also one of my favorite to visit, please don't nuke

 

[MeatheadMike]

Get out of the cities. That's where much of our problems are.

Have to kind of agree with rip here... the world isn't over populated its just the cities. If you go by landmass, the world is pretty underpopulated by humans.

Problem is the cities are where all the jobs are. Maybe in the future when telecommuting becomes a norm that will change, but for now there's not much we can do.

 

[HunterSdVa29]

yes, it would inherently reduce the income gap as there'd be less of the poorer echelons to support

People living longer while not having much in the way of a retirement system is arguably the worst thing to ever happen to our society financially

 

[HunterSdVa29]

nobody lives by me in the Mojave Desert....we got tons of space cheap land. I have a 3 bdrm, 2 bath house for less than 7 hundo a month for instance

Trust me, there's a reason why haha

 

[senri]

Population reduction would be the fastest way to control climate change.

Inconcievable Mr Te. You are the last flesh i would imagine to subscribe to such nihilsitic thoughts.

 

[The Witcher]

TS, go back a few centuries when the worlds population was under a billion people and ask yourself if life was better then or now.

Stupid comparison.

 

[Ice That Jaw]

In 50 years when we feel the full wrath of the automation age in North America and Europe, dramatic depopulation might just be the only practical solution. Somehow, rekindling a new age renaissance to keep people occupied doesnt seem all that feasible.

 

[ObsoleteSoul]

Of course it would, but how to do it? That is the question.

Most of the world is just breeding like rabbits, but nobody says how we should reduce it. We stopped breeding so much in the west, but everyone else is practically having a ball just creating more useless folk.

 

[trident]

Elaborate.

 

[Concrete Whale]

Of course it would, but how to do it? That is the question.

Most of the world is just breeding like rabbits, but nobody says how we should reduce it. We stopped breeding so much in the west, but everyone else is practically having a ball just creating more useless folk.

How about... a flood?

 

[LatFlare]

Shut the hell up

Why?

 

[PrinceOfPain]

Almost everything is better with fewer people.

 

[no fat chicks]

Of course it would be better. Talk to an old fisherman, its way out of hand with all these people eating everything in their path. It wouldn't take much either. Just a start carpet bombing over populated countries with condems and birth control.