>I'm not asking for eugenics and one child policies.
These are the only proven solutions to population control.
You are either for allowing people to have kids as they decide, or you are not. There is no middle ground here. As a human I don't favor any type of population control of any type because denying people the right to reproduce is one of the cruelest things you can do.
The alternative is to just let the population ebb and flow naturally. It might double, it might halve, we don't know.
The truth is that quality of life has been improving for centuries and will probably continue to do so.
>These are the only proven solutions to population control.
NOT true. Statistically the more educated a group becomes + the higher the standard of living the lower the groups birth rate. Jews and Japanese are the prime example. Higher educatation alone correlates with lower birth rates. The birth rate for African American's alone has fallen 60% in 10 years. Much in part due to increased education in the form of college scholarships and grants.
Simply put. Educating humanity allows it to naturally direct itself back towards sustainable levels without drastic and extreme eugenics or one child policies.
I agree on one thing : increasing prosperity naturally reduces populations, but I don't class that as population control. Control means having a set target. Control is the Chinese one-child policy, which is a demographic disaster unfolding before our eyes.
Being wealthier generally means choosing to have less children as the cost of child rearing increases. But this isn't population control. That is letting the natural ebb and flow of populations come and go.
These are the only proven solutions to population control.
You are either for allowing people to have kids as they decide, or you are not. There is no middle ground here. As a human I don't favor any type of population control of any type because denying people the right to reproduce is one of the cruelest things you can do.
The alternative is to just let the population ebb and flow naturally. It might double, it might halve, we don't know.
The truth is that quality of life has been improving for centuries and will probably continue to do so.