Th3Ch33s3Cak3 said:
I believe that all first world countrys should bring in a 1-child law and stop all child allowance, untill a small and self sustaining population has been achieved in those countrys.
EDIT: Also, I think the retirement age should be raised to 75.
To expand on my third statement: Some first world countrys(Japan, Germany, Great Britain, ect...) can't grow enough food to sustain their population. I think this is very unsustainable, as if every country were to become like this, then a world food crisis would follow. I understand that some countrys already have a negative population growth(Germany, Japan) but imigration could solve that problem, allowing the population to reamain stable. Also, if the 1-child law was enacted, then first world countrys could allow more immigrants into the country, and offering them a better life.
In short, population density and food production is a mjor problem in many first world European countrys.
You do realize that, in general, first world countries are only seeing population growth where there has been a high influx of immigrants, coming from parts of the world spared your conditions and therefore making your idea pointless, right?
Besides, Europe and North America have been letting in plenty of immigrants and, owing to native populations distrusting the new guys and the new guys often refusing to even try and integrate, open door multi-cultural policy has been a fucking mess. I realize that isn't how it works in Australia, but it has been elsewhere.
OT: I believe intellectuals to be stupider than most people. They never leave academia and yet they insist that they should rule the world. I wouldn't put them in charge of a hot-dog stand.
I'm an atheist, but that isn't the unpopular opinion, in fact, it seems to be internet normal, rather the unpopular part is among atheists and as follows : I don't hold poeple who believe in a God in contempt, or lose a ton of respect for them when I find out they aren't jsut like me. The reason for this is that I am not a pointless misanthrope.
I also, being a Canadian, am actually rather fond of America. It seems normal to think the Americans are a race of Satans, but this is, in fact, wrong, and so are those who think so because they are jealous that they lost their country's empires so pathetically.
Command and Conquer 4 was pretty good, actually, and ended the Tiberium storyline on a strong note.
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