Also if its consumption thats the issue(which it definitely partly is) why are people ignoring the fact that actually changing those patterns becomes increasingly difficult the greater the population becomes?

Where’d you get your education? I’d love to know

in b4 hot pancakes is secretly a well known behavioral economist

overpopulation and global warming are both myths

for a while I would probably say it is a myth but that's a dumb way to answer it looking back. Generally, in the west, it is but even then there are a ton of exceptions.

I understand where she’s coming from as far as the billion dollar corporations lecturing normal people on how to live when it’s their modern capitalist system that we all belong to at the end of the day. It’s backwards as f*** to have the rich and powerful members of society expecting us regular working class people to make the difference, when they’re the ones who actually have the money/power/time to make large scale changes in the way we all operate.

But irreversibly losing natural resources due to overpopulation or overconsumption is a very real possibility. For example California’s been running low on water for years now, in 30 years there won’t be any helium left on earth, etc. All it takes is one natural disaster or disruption in the food supply chain to leave millions of people in big cities without anything to eat or drink, and I don’t think we should just gloss over that fact or at the very least prepare for it

overpopulation is as real as blackholes, so yeah, it is a real thing but not an inmediate threat.

Maybe in 10 or 20 years megacities and huge cities aren't gonna be able have more people in so overpopulation is gonna become a more serious issue to discuss. Still, if the world plays its cards just barely ok and not f***ing things up to stupid limits, we gonna fix this.

a huge amount of fossil fuels are created by a few dozen multinational corporations or something, so yes, they are right or at least have a point

having taken my share of econ i can tell you an intro to econ textbook would definitely not be saying this not that you should trust those books anyway considering most sane n logical economists have s*** on them

100000% no, big clueless if you think otherwise. We already live in most habitable parts of the world, and at that we’re bursting at the seams.

yes and no

Wow some dumb ass people itt

it really becomes a problem if we don't control our ecological footprint

The tweet in op and anybody agreeing is already proof enough that there are too many people here

“Lol all of humanity can fit in San Francisco”

That’s not what overpopulation is about, it’s about the consumption of resources and it’s effect on the environment. Yeah as of now with proper stabilization there is more than enough to support the current population, the problem is growth rates and uneven distribution of humanity. Personally I think birth rates will just decrease as living standards begin to rise but it is a real thing

It not a myth It’s just not a current problem yet

So overpopulation is not actually the problem but we'll still call it the problem because reasons

"That's not what overpopulation is about" could have fooled me with a name like overpopulation

What?

More people = more need for resources

Resource aren’t unlimited therefore not everyone will get an equal amount of resources. So, overpopulation is a problem

I didn’t say it’s “the problem” it’s about it being a problem in the future, and one that will be very difficult to solve. As of now the US is responsible for so much of the CO2 emmisions responsible for the greenhouse effect because of modern improvements to life such as cars. Imagine how bad it will be when China and India get to US standards of living and energy consumption on a per capita basis.

The solution isn’t to stop them from modernizing and procreating, it’s to implement clean energy steps now and give the people the right incentives and education where the won’t feel the need to have too many children

EXCEPT WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF RESOURCES FOR A DIFFERENT REASON

7 billion is not nearly enough to deplete a whole planet the number of people is not the problem

But obviously if theres more people then resources will be depleted quicker lol

Do you not understand the whole “at the current birth rate this may be a problem in the future” aspect of the argument

And also it’s already kind of a problem in certain countries because of high density rates, just not a worldwide problem

What reason?