https://en.namu.wiki/w/1%EC%96%B5%20%EB%82%B4%EC%88%98%EB%A1%A0

In fact, many people hope that South Korea's population will surpass 100 million, even though South Korea is mountainous and smaller than England.

Hey everyone - Happy Thanksgiving! (For my non-American friends, happy thursday!)

I need your help. I am putting together a myth busting paper on overpopulation.

I have been on Reddit for a year now and I think I have a decent grasp on most of them, but I need input from you all in case there are some I am missing.

So, if you would be so kind to offer up annoyances/arguments you can't stand to hear and post them below so I can adequatley "bust" them.

With the help of Chat GPT (Wish I had this in Grad School lol.) I have a massive outline put together and I am going to start writing over the next few weeks. My hope is that it will be something you can all use.

Thanks!

The theme of the paper will be how all modern problems lead to overpopulation. (Kinda like all roads lead to Rome.)

There are places that are overpopulated, but if people were dispersed, there would be enough space for everyone.

https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/the-earth-is-better-with-more-people

I've seen claims that a planet with 100 billion people is a better place to live than a planet with 2 billion people.

TBF tho, he stated that wants "talents" from other countries, but his companies laid off many people* with skills and education. Also he plans on laying off many government employees with talents too.

It sounds like his actions are* saying that his businesses and the government is overpopulated.

Edit: typos

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink

Not sure if anyone else has posted about this before. What are y'all's thoughts about the social effects of our current population trends?

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https://preview.redd.it/9qs02msjc81e1.png?width=717&format=png&auto=webp&s=5932003d019247c808092ffdd22a85acb6ff1ce6

As you can see from the area marked on the map, there are over 50 million people living in such a small South Korean land. If the average population density of the world were South Korea, it would be close to 70 billion.

You may know that Korea's birth rate is extremely low, but I doubt that it is at an extinction level. In creative works based on the future, there are many alien races with extremely high aging rates and civilizations. Rather than being afraid, wouldn't it be more reasonable to seek a change to such a society?

In addition, since the marriage rate in Korea has been increasing explosively recently, I doubt that this birth rate will continue.

For one, it doesn't account for Cost of Living. Nowadays I take anything from the government and MSM with a grain of salt.

Off-topic. Delete if you want, my man.

From previous posts a lot of you have said that governments should discourage people from having large families and go with a more sustainable plan towards family planning which I agree is absolutely necessary to address overpopulation. However I think this is futile because the majority of governments around the world are run by right wing religious conservatives who encourage large families and see overpopulation as a myth or they are run by governments that are oblivious to the fact we have a overpopulation problem. I think that people like us who do realize the problems of overpopulation and the negative effects it’s having on everything world wide are in the extreme minority. I feel like we are totally fucked when it comes to this issue and Mother Nature would run its course in the coming decades and fuck us in return..that’s it my vent of the day is over. Thank you

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I'm curious if folks have favorite charities doing impactful work for problems around population health. It seems there are a number and I was interested in finding ones doing the most impactful work. Thanks in advance!

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At this point, the best way to spread overpopulation awareness is to bring up how the average perso. will be affected by overpopulation. Most people are fencer sitters when it comes to overpopulation. Unfortunately most popular media like Youtube videos go out of their way to pain overpopulation as a myth. They underplay certain statistics and never talk about how local culture/tradition will impact populatjon growth. They blame the 6th extinction solely on fossil fuel and carbon foot print. They act like people don't have to eat, poop, or produce trash.

The way to tackle this is to ask people around you (who are still neutral about overpopulation) that if they enjoy overcrowding and competing for minimum wage jobs against million other people and AI. Ask them if America or Europe should quadrople their population. At end of the rhetoric has to change. Most importantly, understand the fact that middle class families with 1 to 2 children have the most to lose in an overpopulated world. Most of these families worked hard to provide the best possible future for their kids. All those efforts will go to waste if the natalists succeed in scary people into believing "population collapse". Mainstream media is doing a good job of lying to people about that.