Thread: SHOULDN'T WE BE SERIOUSLY STOPPING OUR POPULATION GROWTH?

Originally Posted by bee utey

...by reducing the blood flow to your brain cells...

want not, waste not.

Pygmies..............cannibalism works, but hey, there might be better methods.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

First step, stop all immigration.
Second step, issue birth licences. If you're not capable of parenting a child, you can't have one.
Third step, two children per family unit.

Admission... haven't read the entire thread. Entirely possible someone has already taken a far better swing at this ball:
- nearly every population control plan I have ever heard focusses on controlling the numbers of new starters (birth control or immigration) down the road we call "life".
- sure there are variations on the 3 steps outlined above but the same focus. New starters.
- all will result in ageing population and economy stagnation (vis. Japan)

Elephant in the room: Is anyone prepared to talk about culling old codgers. (I am one!)
- In larger business organisations there are succession plans etc.
- Bring in fresh new young talent at the bottom, mentor them, given them a flightpath/career path, promote from within, eventually those at the top retire and make room for the upwardly mobile.

Some movies address this... Logan's Run for example: turn 30, exit stage right.

Originally Posted by tact

Elephant in the room: Is anyone prepared to talk about culling old codgers. (I am one!)
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A theory i had a long time ago was to have free medical for everyone.
Forced retirement at 50 for everyone.
Termination at 60 for everyone.

Cull old codgers? Naah, just bring in proper voluntary euthanasia laws. When you are no longer able to be a contributor to society it should be an easy choice to end your own life. The aged care homes racketeers will be up in arms of course.

Hi,
Having witnessed the end of life experiences of half a dozen or so friends, relatives and family, in aged care homes, it is not a move I am looking forward to.
Cheers

I agree. I am mid 70,s. Still getting about and fixing my own cars etc, but no way I am going into a home.
Self funded retiree so not much of a drain on society.
I hope when the time comes I am able to bump myself off. Cant do it legally so it will be the messy way. Swallow a barrel.

Originally Posted by tact

Admission... haven't read the entire thread. Entirely possible someone has already taken a far better swing at this ball:
- nearly every population control plan I have ever heard focusses on controlling the numbers of new starters (birth control or immigration) down the road we call "life".
- sure there are variations on the 3 steps outlined above but the same focus. New starters.
- all will result in ageing population and economy stagnation (vis. Japan)

Elephant in the room: Is anyone prepared to talk about culling old codgers. (I am one!)
- In larger business organisations there are succession plans etc.
- Bring in fresh new young talent at the bottom, mentor them, given them a flightpath/career path, promote from within, eventually those at the top retire and make room for the upwardly mobile.

Some movies address this... Logan's Run for example: turn 30, exit stage right.

We will eventually reach the same point as Japan.
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I get it. You are looking at this from an economic perspective. Yep, cull anyone who are a burden on the economy. Pensioners, that's a given. But we should also dispose of anyone else who is a drain on the economy. Anyone who is on NDIS, Newstart, family support, etc., just to be fair.

The thing is, I don't think it's the economy we should be worried about.
Have a read of the AAA’s inaugural Road Congestion in Australia report. There is also a thread on here about rising house prices. They're only rising in the suburban areas of major cities. Out in regional areas, they're falling. Everyone wants to live close to the city. And we're running out of land around the city to build on. Ther'e lots of new high rises around the city (with combustible cladding) to live in. Oh, forget about parking that big 4WD.
A mate lives in Hong Kong. He tells me, if all the people were to walk out of their high rises, there won't be enough land on the island for the people to stand shoulder to shoulder.