To: "New York Times" <letters@nytimes.com> |
Dear
Sir/Madam, Why
is Europe’s natural drop in
birth rate seen in such a
negative light, when in China
the most draconian and
undemocratic measures
have been necessary to enforce
a reduction?! Western Europe is one of the most densely populated areas on Earth. It’s a godsend that it’s population is set to decline naturally. In my view, half the number of people we have today would be just fine, and help us with the vital, but criminally neglected, task of achieving sustainability on our finite and vulnerable planet, Spaceship Earth, before we wreck it completely. The
social, economic and cultural
adjustments it will entail,
surely, is what we have our
large brains for. But Homo
economicus (ratus)
is incapable of seeing things
this way, since it would mean
an older, smaller work force
and – even worse – a
smaller market . . !
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