David Sullivan
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>Adrian writes:
>>In many wealthier countries (UK, Germany, Japan, etc.), fertility is
>>now well below replacement level. This is a VERY good thing.
>
>Unfortunately someone has said that he sees no obvious limit to immigration.
>We childfree people are doing our bit but it's like pissing into a
>hurricane.
I believe each region (not just nation) should be given the authority
to control its own immigration. In fact, my thesis at town planning
school was on exactly that. The best tool I came up with to do it was
a selective income tax on immigrants for the first X years after they
moved in - sort of like an admission fee.
Now, how to persuade the EU to authorise such a scheme ...?
>>How many people should there be in the global population ideally?
>>I would guess very many fewer than are alive today.
>
>I once saw a mention of someone's theory that the ideal global population
>should be one million. I'm afraid I don't have any details, though.
I believe I have seen that too. IIRC, the argument went that man is
actually at the top of the food chain/pyramid, and the number of
individuals in a population normally decreases as one goes up the
pyramid. Therefore, man should be a relatively rare animal globally.
However, one million does seem a little too small to me (although I
haven't worked up the argument as to why yet). But one billion
doesn't sound bad.
>I certainly have a not-too-short list of people I could do without.
Thanks, Koko, but I was thinking of fewer births rather than a
chopper.
Adrian
Adrian Stott
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