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necropolist
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Re: Do away with the Dough!
Jun 25, 2002, 12:11
mmmm, i dunno about that article at all really.
for one thing its just modern day malthusianism (is that a word?)
for another it is assuming that nothing is going to change, and surely a moneyless society will have undergone vast changes that are not just about 'money'
as far as food goes, producing for 6.5billionb is possible today, many scientists say we could produce for 10billion readsonably easilly, without thje need for Gm crops even. there are of course many other things than food that human beings need though, and physically fitting all those people in somewhere would be rather difficult!!
but, with this massively changed world, assuming it is one where some kind of economic justice prevails, then there would be little reason to think the population would continue to grow in such a way. the experience of western history indicates that populations grow when people are poor, and then growth slows, halts or even reverses once there is sufficeint wealth.
so if we're worried about over-population, make sure people have a decent standards of life, and the problem will largely take care of itself!

as for what we replace capitalism with, well, its got to be libertarian communism for me, but as for what that actuallty MEANS.....
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