Which One Is The Truth?
A new Pew Research Center survey has found that a rising share of U.S. adults who are not already parents say they are unlikely to ever have children, and their reasons range from just not wanting to have kids to concerns about climate change and the environment. 44% of non-parents ages 18 to 49 say it is not too or not at all likely that they will have children someday, an increase of 7 percentage points from the 37% who said the same in a 2018 survey. Among childless adults who say they have some other reason for thinking they won’t have ids in the future, no single reason stands out. About two-in-ten (19%) say it’s due to medical reasons, 17% say it’s for financial reasons, and 15% say it’s because they do not have a partner. Roughly one-in-ten say their age or their partner’s age (10%) or the state of the world (9%) is a reason they don’t plan to have kids. An additional 5% cite environmental reasons, including climate change, and 2% say their partner doesn’t want children
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Overpopulation or Underpopulation?
It seems that Elon Musk, the money-grifting meme-king and oligarch, is at it again. Not content to just grab taxpayer money by the billions, evade taxes, shill pyramid schemes, and lose hundreds of billions in investor capital, he thinks he knows the biggest danger to civilization. On July 6th, 2022 he tweeted “Doing my best to help the underpopulation crisis” and “A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far.” Many environmentalists believe that we are in an overpopulation crisis, and that putting more people on this planet will only further drain its resources. But is Musk serious about thinking humanity is underpopulated? And is it really a problem?
According to the Center for Biological Diversity, every day, 227,000 people are born; not to mention, the UN predicts there will be a global population of over 11 billion by the year 2100. And overall, the human population is rising; the Harvard International Review reports that the last five decades have marked an “extreme population boom,” and an official overpopulation. Harvard defines overpopulation as a “condition in which the amount of humans currently existing on Earth outstrips future resource availability and earth’s carrying capacity.” Not to mention, human activity is a major driver of climate change — so the more humans we have, the more emissions and higher temperatures we’ll have, too. So while there may be certain pockets of underpopulation, we certainly do not need to grow the human population. In order to reduce human-caused climate change, we should be supporting efforts to curb population growth.
Increase in the Incel Community and their Agitation Grows Stronger
The US Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center is using the Tallahassee murder-suicide in 2018 to bring greater understanding to the threat posed by so-called involuntarily celibate men, often referred to as “incels.” In the 2018 incident, Scott Beierle killed two women, injured four others and then turned the gun on himself in a hot yoga class in Tallahassee, Florida. Police discovered a long history of hatred towards women, sexual assault allegations, and homophobic and racist comments. The case study report, released on Tuesday, states that “this gender-based ideology, sometimes referred to as ‘male supremacy’ has received increased attention in recent years from researchers, government agencies and advocacy groups due to its association with high-profile incidents of mass violence.”
10 Signs The World Is Overpopulated
- Crowded cities and urban sprawl: As the population grows, cities become more crowded and sprawling, leading to increased pollution, traffic congestion, and a lack of green spaces.
- Depletion of natural resources: As the population increases, there is increased demand for resources such as water, food, and energy, leading to their depletion and degradation.
- Climate change: The burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, and other human activities are leading to a warming planet, with rising sea levels and more frequent extreme weather events.
- Environmental degradation: Overpopulation leads to increased pollution and destruction of natural habitats, resulting in the extinction of many species.
- Food insecurity: As the population grows, there is increased pressure on agriculture to produce more food, leading to the depletion of soil and water resources and the use of harmful pesticides and fertilizers.
- Water scarcity: As the population grows, there is increased demand for water, leading to shortages and droughts in many regions.
- Energy crisis: As the population grows, there is increased demand for energy, leading to the depletion of fossil fuels and the increased use of nuclear power and other harmful sources of energy.
- Health crisis: Overpopulation leads to overcrowding and poor sanitation, resulting in the spread of disease and a lack of access to healthcare for many people.
- Political instability: As resources become scarce and competition for them increases, there is a greater risk of conflict and political instability.
- Income inequality: As the population grows, there is increased competition for jobs and resources, leading to greater income inequality and poverty.
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