Difference between revisions of "Depopulation"
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A government, or a controlling elite, might pursue depopulation to make the remaining population easier to control, or merely to rid the earth of certain groups they do not care to share the earth with. But to carry out such a policy without war, ''they must persuade people to accept the elements of that policy.'' Usually that means hiding the goal and "selling" personal [[license]] as an ideal. But sometimes that means ''avowing'' a goal of reducing the world's population, on the ground that a population will always grow beyond acceptable and "sustainable" levels without strict government control. [[Thomas R. Malthus]] famously suggested this long before Paul Ehrlich did. | A government, or a controlling elite, might pursue depopulation to make the remaining population easier to control, or merely to rid the earth of certain groups they do not care to share the earth with. But to carry out such a policy without war, ''they must persuade people to accept the elements of that policy.'' Usually that means hiding the goal and "selling" personal [[license]] as an ideal. But sometimes that means ''avowing'' a goal of reducing the world's population, on the ground that a population will always grow beyond acceptable and "sustainable" levels without strict government control. [[Thomas R. Malthus]] famously suggested this long before Paul Ehrlich did. | ||
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Revision as of 11:30, March 10, 2016
Depopulation means any massive reduction in the population of human beings or other forms of life in any given area. It can also stand for a deliberate government policy seeking that as an end in itself.
Depopulation can occur in any of several ways. One can simply kill large numbers of individuals of the target species, or ethnic group. The Holocaust gives the most instructive, and horrific, example in human history.
Or one can render individuals infertile, or cause them to render themselves infertile. John Holdren, writing with Paul Ehrlich and his wife, sought to identify a sterilant, specific to humans, to add to public water supplies. But one need not poison the water to stop people from having children. One need merely persuade enough people to indulge in practices likely to postpone or cancel any plans for childbearing or siring, or merely to stop children, once conceived, from being born. These practices include without limitation:
- Abortion
- Contraception
- Homosexuality and to a lesser extent bisexuality
- Transsexuality
- Sterilization, usually surgical
A government, or a controlling elite, might pursue depopulation to make the remaining population easier to control, or merely to rid the earth of certain groups they do not care to share the earth with. But to carry out such a policy without war, they must persuade people to accept the elements of that policy. Usually that means hiding the goal and "selling" personal license as an ideal. But sometimes that means avowing a goal of reducing the world's population, on the ground that a population will always grow beyond acceptable and "sustainable" levels without strict government control. Thomas R. Malthus famously suggested this long before Paul Ehrlich did.
