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Originally Posted by Minte
Saddam had the solution.. without any scorched earth stuff going on. Seriously, in theory your position about over population has merit. At the rate the population is growing in time I can see Player Piano occuring,assuming nothing changes. But after so many years of traveling, I have been to lot of places where technology is generations away from having any impact.There are so many regions where entire countries still live in huts. It's probable that population controls could easily reverse the trend in North America and Europe like it has in Japan.
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Fortunately I don't live in those countries. I'd like them to have basic subsistence level necessities as well, and if they did they would be far less likely to start wars and pursue military strength. Former Secretary of State George Shultz was fond of saying 'fat people don't fight' and he was right about that. Keeping the less fortunate clothed and fed placates them, and placating peaceful people is much cheaper than dealing with violent ones. That goes for people in our own country, and any other people we deal with internationally.
It is easy to forget that 1 million people armed only with sticks and rocks can cause an obscene amount of damage and destruction. Living in an age where almost any asshat can make an IED or anyone with basic education can create their own DIY drone - the costs of fomenting rebellion are simply too high to toy with when we can so inexpensively give everyone shoes, an apartment, the NFL on television and a lifetime supply of MRE.
