• LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    No, we are not over capacity for survival. We waste a ton of water on stuff we don’t need, like having lawns in the desert or choosing to grow almonds during droughts when people have to ration water usage at home. . Top soil is the same, we could, collectively, switch from beef and to a lesser extent pork to focus on much more efficient chicken, thus freeing a lot of land used to feed livestock.

    Stop this Malthusian nonsense, we have enough resources for everyone. They are just severely mismanaged to the point of killing us all. We could live sustainably if we wanted to, we just choose not to.

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      3 months ago

      So you agree that as things are, there aren’t enough resources for the current population, let alone billions more people.

      This complete overhaul of the structure of society that keeps being mentioned here is an impossible pipe dream fantasy that is flat out just not ever going to ever happen as it fundamentally goes against human nature.

      Human beings aren’t capable of altruism. What about the world around you ever gave you the idea that we were?

      Most people won’t even go vegetarian (let alone vegan!), and yet you expect the rich and powerful to just roll over and give up all their money and power for this imaginary ‘greater good’ scenario that will save the world?

      Stop believing in stupid fairytales, they won’t save you from the world that is falling apart right in front of you.