"Overpopulation is a myth due in large part to the cruel and obscene mismanagement of current resources under capitalism. Step outside and look at the modern city or countryside. The space is wildly mismanaged. 4.12 million miles of freeways to move people to and from useless jobs and useless goods to and from production to commercial distribution. Vast acres of toxic monoculture impoverishing the soil, all to feed tortured livestock.
According to the U.S Energy Information Administration, commercial enterprise covers more than 87 Billion square feet of land, or over 3,120 square miles. That doesn't even include land misused by pointless manufacturing or industrial businesses.
What could we do if our communities democratically decided how we ought to use land, and what infrastructure was actually useful to real human needs and not the wasteful, ecologically irresponsible transport of commodities? We could free up the majority of space to be used logically, freeing up vast spaces for re-wilding, wetlands, forests, plains. We could re-sequester carbon where it belongs while lessening pressure on the natural world.
Also, despite overpopulation being a myth, by dismantling patriarchal institutions and providing freely accessible sex education and birth control, you naturally reduce the birth rate dramatically while ensuring that the children who are born have access to a healthy life in a community that actually wants them." - WobblyDev
According to the U.S Energy Information Administration, commercial enterprise covers more than 87 Billion square feet of land, or over 3,120 square miles. That doesn't even include land misused by pointless manufacturing or industrial businesses.
What could we do if our communities democratically decided how we ought to use land, and what infrastructure was actually useful to real human needs and not the wasteful, ecologically irresponsible transport of commodities? We could free up the majority of space to be used logically, freeing up vast spaces for re-wilding, wetlands, forests, plains. We could re-sequester carbon where it belongs while lessening pressure on the natural world.
Also, despite overpopulation being a myth, by dismantling patriarchal institutions and providing freely accessible sex education and birth control, you naturally reduce the birth rate dramatically while ensuring that the children who are born have access to a healthy life in a community that actually wants them." - WobblyDev