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I think "population problem" is the PC way of saying "too many stupid people are having babies.."
Could society function better if there were restrictions on who could have kids?
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Drive out of a metropolitan area or even look down when your in the air.. What do you see? Land, land, land. Overpopulation my ***
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This is beyond stupid....do you realize that people in this thread including OP probably wouldn't be born if certain restrictions/criteria were in place 
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reality imitating art?
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Idiocracy isn't a movie, it's a prophecy.reality imitating art?
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I think you're correct, assuming you're suggesting "stupid people" are the religious morons having way too many kids.
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Yes, obviously.
Putting restrictions on suffrage or giving citizens who meet a certain criteria more than one vote would also be a start.
But these are obvious violations of natural rights and individual agency, as well as gross government overreach.
Putting restrictions on suffrage or giving citizens who meet a certain criteria more than one vote would also be a start.
But these are obvious violations of natural rights and individual agency, as well as gross government overreach.
pretty much. Man is corrupt, therefore there is no way to do it properly unless were ready to hand over something so important to Artificial intelligence, and even then the already existing biases will play a part in decisions. So no, theres no way to do it
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People on welfare before kids shouldn't be allowed to have them. If you cannot support yourself then you shouldn't be able to pop out more government dependents. Won't ever happen though.
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Waiting for someone to take "offense" at this and call this "prejudice/discrimination."
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To answer OP's question: undeniably, yes. Society would function much better with fewer people introduced into the world.
Now, implementing such a thing is impossible.
Now, implementing such a thing is impossible.
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Don't forget "racist"!
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I don't understand the morality argument. You could just as easily argue that by not caring about the future generations, we are being immoral.
Deontology (right/wrong of actions) vs. consequentialism (morality is dependent on the outcome) is what this comes down to. We might be able to say that unregulated population growth won't affect the next generation, but as a whole, it will affect the humans living on Earth at some point, and this debate will be a realistic and important one. The argument should be whether or not society should ever have population restrictions, and the morality of that - which is a two-way street. It depends on whether or not you care more about the people living here and now, or those that will be here tomorrow.
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Not necessarily... a true artificial intelligence will be "birthed" from scratch and will have no pre-existing or implemented tendencies. That's what separates a true AI from what exists today, right now we have a bunch of programmed responses and reactions, which will yield predictable responses and thinking. If we were ever able to attain a completely artificial intelligence capable of drawing its own conclusions and making its own choices without (keyword: without), it could give us an unbiased result.
But, if that result was to be unfavorable to anyone in power (its creators, politicians, any politically correct group), it would be deemed a travesty.
Let's face it. We as a species are not and never will be ready for a robotic world where total logic and future-thinking trumps all.
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So you're saying people that grew up on assistance shouldn't be able to have kids?
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Nah, only the rich and middle class should be able to procreate. Sometimes this site man
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communism post in disguise?
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If you can't support yourself and your child on your own, then you shouldn't be having children... period... how someone will actually try and argue this is beyond stupid...
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Someone has discovered Freakonomics I see.
You just watched season 3 of OITNB didn't you OP?
You just watched season 3 of OITNB didn't you OP?
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The answer is NO, op. Whoever determines that has the power to shape the world. Hitler wanted that and so did that racist nut Margaret Sanger. As long as their is freewill, there will be a few rotton apples in a bunch. But many great people have risen from bad situations.
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What else would you call it?
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People love to talk about personal welfare but blatantly ignore corporate welfare
Well off people and "companies" are leeching way more than people on government assistance but they're too stupid/blind to realize that fact.
Well off people and "companies" are leeching way more than people on government assistance but they're too stupid/blind to realize that fact.
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My mere existence is why this point is stupid.
My folks where in high school when I was born and I'm black.
Every standard predictor of success says I should not be a positive member of society.
Well I'm educated, I've never committed a crime and I'm in 91% percentile of income earners in America.
There are plenty of people who can financially support themselves that shouldn't be parents.
Who the **** are you to tell anyone who can or can't reproduce.
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That's not what he said.
