[quote]LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
Joe84 wrote:
I agree, countries should look after themselves and not worry about overpopulated bumfuck countries that can’t seem to understand the concept of not bringing mouthes they can’t feed into the world.
This is a fallacy. There is no such thing as “overpopulation”. It’s like saying “overproduction.” Many non-industrialized nations are heavily dependent on agriculture as a mainstay of their economy and would do well with a larger population of laborers to work fields with a corresponding lack of agricultural related capital. The real problem is the fact that the populations that exist are not being utilized to best serve their own productive capacity. The governments that exist in many of these countries actually create the disparity we associate with “overpopulation” by over-regulation and a lack of respect for property. There are more than enough resources to feed the world population; its just a matter of government getting out of the way to let people feed themselves.
People will always reproduce when the benefit of an extra pair of hands is outweighed by the mouth that needs to be fed in the meantime to get those productive hands. We see this as the law of marginal utility. For example, in the US we have little need for a family of 10 to run a farm anymore nor do most American families see a potential benefit in an extra pair of hands compared to the cost of raising a child to a productive capacity – for that matter children are no longer looked as productive property anymore because of industrialization. In developing nations the extra mouth to feed is still seen as a positive investment. More people always mean more potential for productivity.
The concept of overpopulation is a conspiracy created by enviro-nutjob, tree-huggers and government. Somehow the most densely populated regions of the world (India and China) have figured out how to feed themselves yet the least densely populated (African nations) can’t manage because of government corruption and moral hazard created by foreign gov’t aid.
To answer the OP, it is a matter of supply and demand (cost and price) that will determine what foods a given population can and will enjoy. Buy meat now while it is cheap due to farmers selling at a loss because of rising grain prices. Next season there will be less meat produced and prices will rise.
(By the way, there is no such thing as all grass-fed meat unless it is roaming wild when it is killed. Even farm-raised, grass-fed beef is fed a grain diet for at least 90 days before going to market to help it gain weight. Ask your butcher for the specifics.)[/quote]
Ahh, I don't think so, there is such a thing as over population, it happens all the time in the wild. Over population is the carrying capactiy of a piece of land given the resources that are on it.
I'm aware that they don't use their resources properly and could get more food out of their land, however it does not matter because they aren't doing it currently. If their current way of life cannot support their population then they are over populated.
Perhaps you like the densely crowded shithole cities that occupy many countries, I do not,and I don't see why anyone would encourage it. The less poeple there are the more resources there are available.