General Discussion

You could eliminate half the world's population tomorrow and the world would not be better for it. The same issues we're facing today would still exist because it does not address the real issue: HOW WE GROW.

You can't support a society economically and socially once it stats hemorrhaging people. It just isn't going to happen. The workforce thins out, the tax base evaporates and social programs become completely unsustainable.

Why do you think places like Detroit, which at one point was the 4th largest city in the US, have struggled the last 50 years? I promise you, it's not because they're rapidly growing and can't sustain that growth.

They are struggling because since the 1940s, the city has lost close to one million people.

Zero growth didn't help Detroit. It didn't help Cleveland. It didn't help St. Louis.

There is no overpopulation in the US. That is just a lie.

The problem is development and our refusal to develop smart cities that help us retain resources.

The US can be way more unsustainable economically, environmentally and in terms of development at its current population than if they added another 500 million people. THAT IS THE POINT. It's not how much you grow by - it's how you grow. The US sucks in that regard and why it's unsustainable. That should be our focus or in 50 years, or the US will look look like Detroit.