just like the rest of us eventually.
But man, one can sure feel the PANIC in the air these days, thanks to old rich guys like the Koch Brothers, the Pope, Cheney, Trump, Romney etc., etc.
I think we all forget that inconvenient fact that NO ONE lives forever on earth.
So much of the rich vs poor hysteria is truly man-made. I think the Rich believe they get to take it all with them, or maybe that's just GREED talking.
Anyhoo, I came across this NEW PANIC Distraction (although it has always been a problem for the HAVES against the HAVE NOTS), but I'm done worrying about it, at least with hysteria. My major complaints with life on the planet has been the unfairness of so much of it, but, hey, that is life in a Fear-Full world.
I'm just plain tired of being jerked around by others' fear-issues.
Expert warns world needs to move ‘rapidly’ toward ‘population shrinkage’
The world’s most renowned population analyst has called for a massive reduction in the number of humans and for natural resources to be redistributed from the rich to the poor.
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The optimum population of Earth – enough to guarantee the minimal physical ingredients of a decent life to everyone – was 1.5 to 2 billion people rather than the 7 billion who are alive today or the 9 billion expected in 2050, said Ehrlich in an interview with the Guardian.
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But he agreed with the Royal Society report that said human population and consumption should not be divided. “[They] multiply together. You have to be deal with them together. We have too much consumption among the rich and too little among the poor. That implies that terrible thing that we are going to have to do which is to somehow redistribute access to resources away the rich to the poor. But in the US we have been doing the opposite. The Republican party is wildly in favour of more redistribution, of taking money from the poor and giving it to the rich.”
This ALERT about limiting population growth strikes me as nonsense, considering that someone did a study that said ALL the people now living on the planet could FIT in TEXAS, standing side-by-side...
But knowing how truly SELFISH some People are, the FEAR of share and share alike must make them think that if they did share they would live shorter lives is beyond reality thinking.
So I AM going to step back a bit, take some deep breaths and KNOW that good things come to those who wait and chuckle a bit as each one of us, including myself, eventually bites the dust..
Only the Rich can Afford to be Scared Shitless.
*Disclaimer: This is just a Human Reality Check Diary. I do that periodically for myself when I feel out of control:)