Re: Haitians: Say you're sitting there in Haiti. There hasn't been enough for as long as you can remember and there's no indication the future will be different. You A) have a litter B) control yourself.
They're choosing "A"... but why?
carlos: China... perhaps somewhat Draconian... Sometimes I look at certain "examples" and dream of breeding licenses
Actually I'd like the first step to be removal of financial incentives to multiply past two, and there are plenty of them. My own pet theory is "
0, 1, or 2", based on the not-to-difficult math and presumption that A) overpopulation has negative consequences, B) overpopulation is not a vague concept for the future, it is HERE and it is NOW, C) Were every couple to max out at 2 offspring the pop would not only stabilize, but slowly decline. Then perhaps we wouldn't be talking about populating the solar system after we trash this planet???