A solution to poverty and overpopulation!!

Ever read the satire on eating babies to end poverty and overpopulation?

There are very simple solutions to poverty, but that would mean sacrifices would have to be made by the middle and upper class. Now if you are part of that middle or upper class, ask yourself the question if you would be willing to. If not, then ask yourself the questions if you honestly care about poverty, or is it just a simple going with the flow and a politically correct way of thinking.

@alexunknown, Well there is a solution. The countries that have the highest levels of self-sufficiency (I mean as far as people are productive and appart from the interdependance we all have within society on each other, they generally provide for themselves with their compensation for contribution) these countries also have the lowest population growth, some even have negative population growth.
All the poverty stricken nations of the world have out of control population growths. The main reason is in education, people with a quality education tend to become independant free thinkers who consider what they want and have to provide for, and basically what children are going to cost them to provide a life and education that is responsible of them to provide.
A way to do all this, get all these people a decent education and the opportunities to put that education to work, is to get all the business, companies, corporations, industries etc, to invest in providing it. This makes sense because when all these poverty people become productive they attain the kind of money to start spending, and all the business that invested now has a larger consumer base to make even more money from.
The problem with this idea is that the business’ will not volunteer for this, despite what they would gain from doing it, they do not want to spend money if they can do nothing, but it is done by a bunch of other business’, then they will gain from the larger consumer base anyway and not spend a cent.
The only thing to do, as it would be in the vein of communist dictatorship to make laws and force the business to do it, the only real option is to organize consumerism, set up a strategic buying network. If it trends and you get millions of people actively involved in boycotting inconsiderate business’, then business’ start to realize they are losing profits and will continue to lose them as the movement grows, they will realize it is fiscally responsible to be socially responsible, the sacrifice for investing in social programs would then be less than what they are losing in customers.

@neith, We went through a big surge the last century or so, but gender equality has meant that a lot of women are not marrying or having children anymore (or at least not pumping out families of 3-6 kids), so most first world countries are starting to see their numbers slow down.

One of the biggest contributors towards poverty (ironically enough) is most charities. Natives of war-torn or poverty stricken countries have little urge to stay and use any qualifications they might earn because a) They can make a life for themselves somewhere that they have always dreamed of and b) most charities do little to solve any problems. They just allow the people to rest on them without actually looking at ways to keep nationals with degrees there and to invest.

And whoever mentioned something about forfeiting benefits to end poverty, as a middle to high class citizen, I would.

@alexunknown, Also it’s obviously morally wrong

@staylucky, Yeah, but you asked why I wouldn’t do it, and the moral issue is the largest reason I wouldn’t. I also think it wouldn’t work, but that isn’t as big an issue as me being responsible for killing such a large number of people.

@liammcfeely, Fair call.

@alexunknown, What kind of answer were you looking for if overpopulation doesn’t exist and poverty is a problem that is actually easy to fix though?

Not grilling, genuinely asking :)

@trek79, Cutting even more? Europe and the US are offshoring their jobs already since years to India and China, meaning a big shift in not only white collar jobs, but also blue collar workers now working in India for a five time less salary than in the Western World, or in fabrics in China where workers earn 1 to 2 dollars a day.

We do not want to live without poverty, because that means that we would give up on all the luxury we have right now!

Please people, do not be so ignorant and naive! Poverty is what makes your lives so fucking comfortable!

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@alexunknown, It wouldn’t be governments who would do it. Governments have only been a front for a long time, a pacifier that makes the public think they are relevant so they don’t decend into anarchy before the real power is ready, before they really have nothing to fear. The fact that the moment hasn’t come yet only tells us they are not ready yet and the public still have a chance. The thing is that most people are too apathetic to care, they don’t even listen to people who tell them they are about to be shafted by a 12 inch strap-on.

@alexunknown, btw, I wouldn’t do it because I have nothing to gain from it.