On Population Growth, Sustention, & The Implications of Such For Modern Society Pt. 2
Posted 31st July 2008 at 07:29 by Acorn
[FONT=Arial Narrow][SIZE=2]So, we have established that Growing population leads to land & resource deficiency, & leads to a decreased standard of living. These decreases in the citizenry's contentedness lead to Nations attempting to provide for the populace through warfare & conquest, which, when the nation is already on the brink from overpopulation, leads to death of massive proportion.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow][SIZE=2]Secondly, The state of our economy plays a large role in the problem of overpopulation -- We operate in a capitalist system. Capitalism as a system is based upon constant growth. Capitalism needs constant growth of both Production & consumption. Growth in 1 but not the other leads to inflation, unemployment, & overall havoc. In Capitalism, even Stagnation is bad! the market is a monster, a consuming, all-powerful monstrosity that must constantly grow, grow, and grow. Stagnation is BAD. So, traditionally speaking, population growth is good for capitalism, because population growth provides A. Larger potential workforce, B. Large potential consumer base, & C. Larger chance of some innovation being made that opens up entire new possibilities for the market. [B][FONT=Arial Narrow]However, [/FONT][/B]this is not the case any longer. Because! because? for several reasons. With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, a growing population is no longer needed for growing production! With this innovation, Unemployment skyrockets. Because, a whole sector of society arose to become the producers! However, they are easily displacable with either Machines or other producers, begging for bread & water. So, with Industrialism, Growing populations no longer feed growing production. Consumption grows as the population grows, however, wealth is distributed incredibly unevenly, because Machines do not get paid wages, but the people who own them do. Therefore, with industrialism, Growing populations do not feed growing production but do feed growing consumption, despite that both are indeed growing. Innovation does not necessarily grow, because the majority of population growth is of the lower classes & speaking statistically, they are detrimentally unlikely to make and innovations that would be considered in anyway an important economic prospect for the market.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow][SIZE=2]Secondly, The state of our economy plays a large role in the problem of overpopulation -- We operate in a capitalist system. Capitalism as a system is based upon constant growth. Capitalism needs constant growth of both Production & consumption. Growth in 1 but not the other leads to inflation, unemployment, & overall havoc. In Capitalism, even Stagnation is bad! the market is a monster, a consuming, all-powerful monstrosity that must constantly grow, grow, and grow. Stagnation is BAD. So, traditionally speaking, population growth is good for capitalism, because population growth provides A. Larger potential workforce, B. Large potential consumer base, & C. Larger chance of some innovation being made that opens up entire new possibilities for the market. [B][FONT=Arial Narrow]However, [/FONT][/B]this is not the case any longer. Because! because? for several reasons. With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, a growing population is no longer needed for growing production! With this innovation, Unemployment skyrockets. Because, a whole sector of society arose to become the producers! However, they are easily displacable with either Machines or other producers, begging for bread & water. So, with Industrialism, Growing populations no longer feed growing production. Consumption grows as the population grows, however, wealth is distributed incredibly unevenly, because Machines do not get paid wages, but the people who own them do. Therefore, with industrialism, Growing populations do not feed growing production but do feed growing consumption, despite that both are indeed growing. Innovation does not necessarily grow, because the majority of population growth is of the lower classes & speaking statistically, they are detrimentally unlikely to make and innovations that would be considered in anyway an important economic prospect for the market.[/SIZE][/FONT]
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