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    17 months ago

    It is very discouraging to see someone with a presumably functional brain make an argument like this. Back in the 80s this could be written of as simple ignorance - but not today, when we have the information available at our fingertips.

    There would likely be a lot less war leading to famine.

    So how do you explain the very same kind of genocidal colonialist wars of the previous three centuries when there were a whole lot less people around?

    These wars are cropping up LITERALLY over territorial disputes

    Colonialism is not merely a “territorial dispute.”

    Seems like the Irish famine you referenced was in part, due to unsustainable population growth.

    No, genius - it wasn’t. Stop trying to apologize for colonialist exploitation by hiding behind right-wing “overpopulation” myths.

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        17 months ago

        Also to be clear, i never stated that over population was the only reason, merely that i think it’s an influential factor.

        You have, so far, made absolutely no case that “overpopulation” was a factor in any way whatsoever. Period.

        It seems to me that you think a community becomes “overpopulated” as soon as anything bad happens to them - which is pretty much the shittiest take I’ve ever seen when it comes to this myth.

        but it’s basically the equivalent of me walking into a random suburban home with a gun

        You don’t know a lot about the subject matter involved in this conversation, do you?