Post 2056048 by noelle@elekk.xyz
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 (DIR) Post #2056048 by noelle@elekk.xyz
       2018-12-17T15:02:49Z
       
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       is a myth. Period. It's a lie popularized by capitalists who don't want to have to change their ways. The problem is not that we have too many people; we as a species produce enough food in a year to feed the entire population several times over. The problem is that corporations would rather throw food away than give it to someone who hasn't paid for it. Food waste (corporate, not personal) is an enormous problem, and "overpopulation" is the myth they use to deflect from it.
       
 (DIR) Post #2056049 by alcinnz@floss.social
       2018-12-17T16:50:46Z
       
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       @noelle I wonder, does anyone have a count of how many sci-fi movies push this myth? It feels like a large fraction of them.
       
 (DIR) Post #2064848 by Seylerius@cybre.space
       2018-12-17T19:01:27Z
       
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       @noelle We don't have a population problem; we have a coordination problem and a greed problem.
       
 (DIR) Post #2064929 by USBloveDog@cybre.space
       2018-12-18T00:00:35Z
       
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       @alcinnz @noelle A large amount of sci-fi is set in the future and the script writers probably took the usual exponential nature of population growth and figured that by the time of the setting of the movie, it would have exceeded Earth’s (finite) carrying capacity. A confusion of “overpopulation is currently a problem” and “overpopulation can become a problem”
       
 (DIR) Post #2064938 by corvak@elekk.xyz
       2018-12-17T15:37:40Z
       
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       @noelle This. Also the cliche "american dream" of the suburban house is probably the most inefficient way of living, because it just exacerbates the demand for energy and forces us to build excess infrastructure.
       
 (DIR) Post #2064939 by USBloveDog@cybre.space
       2018-12-18T00:03:03Z
       
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       @corvak @noelle Dense urban living could be much more popular if apartments were larger (to accommodate families) and the developers were bothered to incorporate  proper soundproofing in their designs (to accommodate musicians and families with young children)