Re: population sizes for colonising a planet

warlocke@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>> poverty on this planet is to exterminate everything else that moves
>> lives or breathes so that the people can move in and pave over the
>> jungles, the savannahs, the redwood forests?...
>
>I personally wouldn't like the result. But if it means babies get fed,
>instead of fed to the meat-grinder, yeah, I'm good with that.

Where are babies being fed to meat-grinders?

People may choose to have fewer babies, knowing there's less room for them.

As long as we're being extreme: would you value the life of a human baby over
all other species?

>I have said it before; I'll say it again; it absolutely gobsmacks me to
>realize that there are supposedly sane people who have had to renew a
>driver's license in person, and can /still/ advocate turning our entire
>lives and fortunes over to an ueber-DMV with a straight face. Just as long

Getting my driver's license wasn't that big a deal.

>Which is precisely what I said: the existence of Alaska is, for you, a
>beneficial externality, and you are campaigning to continue to receive that
>benefit at the expense of those who would benefit from exploiting it.

Or, conversely, those who want to start exploiting Alaska would be benefitting
from the externality of infringing upon the not-well-codified rights the rest
of us have in the existence of Alaskan wilderness without having to pay for
such infringement. These arguments can be set up either way.

-xx- Damien X-)
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