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Post by fretslider on Feb 27, 2020 6:29:41 GMT -5
Today I'd like to bore you all with some things I've been pondering over recently.
There is something terribly wrong with the young in society today, you could even cliche that with 'it's even worse than we thought..., and it is.
When I was a youngster the world; despite all the evils going on, and they did in places like China, Biafra etc; was an optimistic place. We were throwing off the shackles of deference and embracing the white heat of technology.
Concorde meant breakfast in London followed by breakfast in New York, America had put men on the moon. More people had central heating and indoor toilets. LIfe span expectancy went up and infant mortality went down.
When the human race as a whole has never had it so good, with record crop yields, a greening planet, and the best chance ever in history of living a reasonable life, why is it that the Malthusian tendency has infected the young so effectively?
The obvious answer to that is a constant process of indoctrination in the media, schools, universities etc. coupled with social 'nudge' policies. There is so much to be optimistic about, despite the ills of the world, which will never go away as the more savvy of us know. But the rising mental illness numbers show that the doom and gloom is working.
Where we are now...
In the 1920s when the global population was much smaller, many, many more died than today. And the global population today is way bigger, too. Surely that is some kind of positive?
The young have been fed a diet of pure doom, gloom; and guilt at every opportunity.
Fifty years ago, I concluded that the best thing for the planet would be a peaceful phase-out of human existence. We’re causing the extinction of hundreds of thousands of other species. With us gone, I believe ecosystems will be restored and there will be enough of everything. No more fighting over resources. The idea wasn’t as well received as I had hoped.
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I read Paul Ehrlich’s book Population Bomb, which argued that overpopulation would lead to food shortages and famine, and soon joined a movement called Zero Population Growth.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/10/i-campaign-for-the-extinction-of-the-human-race-les-knight
Got that? Read it again
Fifty years ago, I concluded that the best thing for the planet would be a peaceful phase-out of human existence. We’re causing the extinction of hundreds of thousands of other species. With us gone, I believe ecosystems will be restored and there will be enough of everything. No more fighting over resources.
This is the basic premise of the green movement. Why else would you advocate removing people's ability to heat their homes, cook their food and remove their work and income? You don't have to be a rocket scientist to work out how that ends.
I read Paul Ehrlich’s book...
I too have read Ehrlich, here's a few examples of his, er, wisdom...
“A cancer is an uncontrolled multiplication of cells; the population explosion is an uncontrolled multiplication of people.” —Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb, 1968
“The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s the world will undergo famines—hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now.” —Dr. Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb, 1968
The Green New Deal:
“Giving society cheap, abundant energy would be the equivalent of giving an idiot child a machine gun.” —Dr. Paul Ehrlich, Anne Ehrlich, and Dr. John Holdren, Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment, 1970
“A massive campaign must be launched to de-develop the United States. De-development means bringing our economic system into line with the realities of ecology and the world resource situation.” —Dr. Paul Ehrlich, Anne Ehrlich, and Dr. John Holdren, Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment, 1970
And my favourite Ehrlichian prediction:
“By the year 2000 the United Kingdom will be simply a small group of impoverished islands, inhabited by some 70 million hungry people…If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.” —Dr. Paul Ehrlich, speech at the British Institute for Biology, Sep. 1971
When the young are fed an incessant diet of Ten years to save the planet...
Do you remember the good old days when we had "12 years to save the planet"?
Now it seems, there's a growing consensus that the next 18 months will be critical in dealing with the global heating crisis The BBC aka the propaganda service.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48964736
Begets...
Empirical evidence of mental health risks posed by climate change
Scholars have recently indicated that the impacts of climate change are likely to undermine mental health
www.pnas.org/content/115/43/10953
And
If the world around you once promised to be a place that provided a certain amount of food, shelter and consistency, how might you feel as it gradually becomes a place of extreme unpredictability and risk?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/13/climate-crisis-mental-health-environmental-anguish
What a mess we're in.
There is something terribly wrong with the young in society today, you could even cliche that with 'it's even worse than we thought..., and it is.
When I was a youngster the world; despite all the evils going on, and they did in places like China, Biafra etc; was an optimistic place. We were throwing off the shackles of deference and embracing the white heat of technology.
Concorde meant breakfast in London followed by breakfast in New York, America had put men on the moon. More people had central heating and indoor toilets. LIfe span expectancy went up and infant mortality went down.
When the human race as a whole has never had it so good, with record crop yields, a greening planet, and the best chance ever in history of living a reasonable life, why is it that the Malthusian tendency has infected the young so effectively?
The obvious answer to that is a constant process of indoctrination in the media, schools, universities etc. coupled with social 'nudge' policies. There is so much to be optimistic about, despite the ills of the world, which will never go away as the more savvy of us know. But the rising mental illness numbers show that the doom and gloom is working.
Where we are now...
In the 1920s when the global population was much smaller, many, many more died than today. And the global population today is way bigger, too. Surely that is some kind of positive?
The young have been fed a diet of pure doom, gloom; and guilt at every opportunity.
Fifty years ago, I concluded that the best thing for the planet would be a peaceful phase-out of human existence. We’re causing the extinction of hundreds of thousands of other species. With us gone, I believe ecosystems will be restored and there will be enough of everything. No more fighting over resources. The idea wasn’t as well received as I had hoped.
...
I read Paul Ehrlich’s book Population Bomb, which argued that overpopulation would lead to food shortages and famine, and soon joined a movement called Zero Population Growth.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/10/i-campaign-for-the-extinction-of-the-human-race-les-knight
Got that? Read it again
Fifty years ago, I concluded that the best thing for the planet would be a peaceful phase-out of human existence. We’re causing the extinction of hundreds of thousands of other species. With us gone, I believe ecosystems will be restored and there will be enough of everything. No more fighting over resources.
This is the basic premise of the green movement. Why else would you advocate removing people's ability to heat their homes, cook their food and remove their work and income? You don't have to be a rocket scientist to work out how that ends.
I read Paul Ehrlich’s book...
I too have read Ehrlich, here's a few examples of his, er, wisdom...
“A cancer is an uncontrolled multiplication of cells; the population explosion is an uncontrolled multiplication of people.” —Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb, 1968
“The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s the world will undergo famines—hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now.” —Dr. Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb, 1968
The Green New Deal:
“Giving society cheap, abundant energy would be the equivalent of giving an idiot child a machine gun.” —Dr. Paul Ehrlich, Anne Ehrlich, and Dr. John Holdren, Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment, 1970
“A massive campaign must be launched to de-develop the United States. De-development means bringing our economic system into line with the realities of ecology and the world resource situation.” —Dr. Paul Ehrlich, Anne Ehrlich, and Dr. John Holdren, Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment, 1970
And my favourite Ehrlichian prediction:
“By the year 2000 the United Kingdom will be simply a small group of impoverished islands, inhabited by some 70 million hungry people…If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.” —Dr. Paul Ehrlich, speech at the British Institute for Biology, Sep. 1971
When the young are fed an incessant diet of Ten years to save the planet...
Do you remember the good old days when we had "12 years to save the planet"?
Now it seems, there's a growing consensus that the next 18 months will be critical in dealing with the global heating crisis The BBC aka the propaganda service.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48964736
Begets...
Empirical evidence of mental health risks posed by climate change
Scholars have recently indicated that the impacts of climate change are likely to undermine mental health
www.pnas.org/content/115/43/10953
And
If the world around you once promised to be a place that provided a certain amount of food, shelter and consistency, how might you feel as it gradually becomes a place of extreme unpredictability and risk?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/13/climate-crisis-mental-health-environmental-anguish
What a mess we're in.
