Letters to the Editor
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Wow, lotta self-hatred here
I guess I shouldn't be surprised but I always am at how much some people hate the human race. Particularly now when things are better than they have ever been in the history of the world.
-Slavery, gone.
-Starvation, mostly gone (where it exists, it is usually because of government action, not "nature getting back at us").
-Health, longest average lifespans ever. Enough to cause people to have fewer kids *by choice* not by oppressive government action like in China (how any of you can express admiration for the actions of the Chinese government since 1949 is beyond me...millions of people were murdered)
-Education/Art/Self-fulfillment, never more free or open to all people than now.
Whichever writer said that the solution was more modernization and urbanization got it exactly right. The environment is best taken care of where people are wealthy. Poor countries abuse it the most. Birth rates drop *by choice* when people live in cities. Using government coercion to force people to not have families is evil.
Our best hope is to protect individual freedom because that is the real driver of human progress. Progress is real and we are living it now.