Ways to deal with overpopulation

[Bunnymarn]

Perhaps if the the countries with less people and more resources (ie. the Western World) really helped out struggling countries with poverty, development, etc. then this wouldn't really be a problem. But, if the problem still persisted afterwards and there was no real solution other than killing people, then I'd bring in an age limit: for example, once you reach the age of 70, you're euthanised.

 

[martin's a madman]

Well, only if you're going to volunteer to be Euthanised.

 

[TheScientificIssole]

Snip.

People who believe in suppression of opinion and not suppression of idiots shouldn't reproduce. Done.

 

[ObsessiveSketch]

Promote cannibalism. Also fixes world hunger.

 

[thirion1850]

Create a worldwide IRL COD deathmatch. Herp derp.

 

[Kurt Cristal]

Thermo-nuclear war. That is all.

This^

 

[loc978]

Simple solution: Start WWIII

Having a huge war where everyone is getting kill drops the population real fast.

So in other words...

Spoiler: Kinky sex makes the world go 'round

Spoiler: So, kill the poor

Personally, I prefer mandatory, state-sponsored abortions for women financially, physically, or mentally unable to raise a child... also, DNA testing on the fetus to find the father, and a "three strikes, you're surgically sterilized" rule for both mother and father. But then, I'm kind of an asshole.

 

[Jadak]

It's not really 7 billion. It's only about 7,000,000,000 people (i.e. seven thousand million). I still don't understand why Americans use the short scale...

I'm not following you, a billion is a thousand millions, so those two are the same thing?

What is 7 billion to you then if not the same as seven thousand million?

 

[Sansha]

No, no, and again no.
As a secular Humanist, the notion of selective breeding in humans (for example, eugenics) is disgusting and the notion that some deserve to live more than others is plain wrong.
These days a man can live for two lives, two generations - literally, the average age in the western world is somewhere between 65 and 70, which means one could live through two lifetimes and accomplish twice more than his counterpart a century ago.
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A solution?
Colonize Mars.
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To tell you the truth, soon the price of food will rise, the availability of food will decrease... You will see bread riots in Seattle in a decade or two. That is how regimes are toppled and people die. A grim future indeed, but a future we cannot avoid.

I agree with this, but I believe in eugenics for preventing the further 'production', for want of a better word, of inherent disorders like physical deformities and mental retardation. I don't think someone should be judged as not worthy of being born, unless their life is going to be crippled with afflictions unable to be overcome, or a condition that will be nothing but a drain on resources.

But really, I don't think it's a good idea to start this process of weeding out serious defects, because where do you draw the line? It can get away and before we know it, ugly and/or fat people won't be permitted to breed, and at worst get to the point where only the few and privileged will be deemed 'worthy' of reproducing.

I've gone off-topic. Over-population... well really, the only thing we can do is wait for it to get to a critical point, and repair itself. People will suffer and die... our future is a very dark one for sure.

 

[Wintermoot]

either occasional wars or space colonization.

 

[Sonic Doctor]

Snip.

People who believe in suppression of opinion and not suppression of idiots shouldn't reproduce. Done.

I'm going to need explanation, not a vague sentence.

Bottom-line, we can't force people to not have children, that is against freewill. And again, there is no perfect and proper way to raise a child.

 

[Supertegwyn]

I like China's one child policy. That and advances in Science and Technology (capitalized because I'm boss) should save us. If not? Who knows.

 

[infohippie]

Stop encouraging people to breed in developed nations, allow population sizes to decline rather than creating all these legal incentives to pop out more kids. In developing nations, help spread education and condoms. It's all about the education and condoms. It's not your mandate to "be fruitful and multiply" whatever some ancient book says.
This may require reducing the role of capitalism in Western nations (and stopping our exporting of capitalism to the rest of the world), since capitalism requires unceasing growth in markets, and therefore ultimately in populations, in order to sustain itself. We need to create a steady-state theory of economics to replace it.

 

[smurf_you]

Honestly I think the best way to deal with it is to let darwinism take over again.... I personally think that if your 4 year old is still dumb enough to put lego up his nose, then its his own fault. Or people that put things where they shouldn't be (warning label on curling iron: "do not insert into any orifice") having to deal with that on their own.... warning labels are silly and unneeded. I used to have an actual chemistry set guys, I'm only 20, I had one 10 years ago, what the hell happened between then and now? Or even being able to climb trees or use monkey bars (I kid you not, at a friend of mines school, ONE kid fall off the monkey bars and broke a tooth and his mom had the WHOLE park torn down) I miss darwinism. It would solve SO many problems.

 

[spartandude]

1. Make euthanasia legal, and where it already is make it easier.

2. Pour money into space exploration.

3. Further promote contraception, especially in developing nations.

4. Retirement-age extreme sports holidays.

this and

5. Pour money into space exploration.

6. Pour money into space exploration

7. Colonise Mars

8. Astartes!

 

[Leg End]

Complete. Global. Saturation?

Eh, more like Complete. GLOBAL. MASTURBATION.

 

[ScreamingNinja]

In the Grim Darkness of the future, there is only War.

 

[Viral_Lola]

There's only one way to fix this problem.


A worldwide Smash Bros Brawl tournament (Metaknight is banned).

The losers don't get to breed.

No need to thank me, the Nobel Prize is enough.

Don't forget the cash prize that goes with it.

I'm not too concerned about it just yet. Mother nature has a way of cleaning up messes.

 

[Supertegwyn]

In the Grim Darkness of the future, there is only War.

Warhammer 40k five! Whooo!

 

[Joush]

Population growth is flat or slightly negative in the developed world when you factor for immigration. The solution to overpopulation is the same way this problem was solved in Brazel.

1: Create sufficient security to allow the rest.

2: Create an economy above the level of subsistence agriculture. You don't need much money per person.

3: Get women into the workforce. Allow them basic education and employment opportitites.

4: Wide spread television and basic health care.

In every place with these factors the results are basically the same, with people having far fewer children. Overpopulation is mostly a problem in places with poor security and subsistence economics but access to very basic medicine, where child mortality rates drop from 20% to .5%