In reply to thomas malloy's message of Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:24:16 -0600 (CST): Hi, [snip] >You've bought the big lie of the Stateists Robin, there isn't a nickel's >worth of difference between Communism and Fascism.
In as much as both are authoritarian, that's true. The difference lies in the power base. [snip] >>Population reduction is a good idea, but it should be completely voluntary, >>not >> >>BTW, the current rate of population growth World wide is on the order of 1.2% >>per annum. Now apply the concept of compound interest to that for a thousand >> >>Doubling time = 58.1 years. >> >> >You're assuming that population growth is going to continue. Actually, if you read what I wrote carefully, you will see that I made no such assumption. I spelled out what would happen if it did, and pointed out that if we don't voluntarily reduce the birth rate, Nature will increase the death rate, which is essentially also what you are saying here below. What I left unsaid, because I assumed it was obvious, was that a population of 900 trillion is unsustainable (and in fact also unachievable - at least while we are confined to the Earth). >We've been >poisoning the environment with chemicals, some of which mimic the >actions of hormones. This would lead, IMHO, to a population collapse. You may well be correct in this. There are also other factors at work, such as the obesity epidemic, which sometimes make me wonder if they haven't been deliberately engineered for the purpose. > >I say would because I think that there is a catastrophe coming in 2012, >population won't be a problem after that.. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
