Reclaiming Your Topic
Step 3
My initial reason for wanting to do a paper on overpopulation was that I thought it was a problem. I would see people running around with 6 or 7 kids and most of them expected the American Gov't to pay for it. I thought that was wrong and selfish. Now after my research, I've found that there are plenty of other reasons to be concerned and worrisome about overpopulation. And what really seems to be the problem is our bad habit of consuming everything and never giving back. Which is really what I was upset with by people having 6 or 7 kids. Before my research I thought that I would write this very crafty paper on how people were evil and how the government was trying to take over the world and it's resource; but now, even if that's true, I don't care about it! Period! If that's what they plan to do, oh well. I now just want to write to the American citizens as a plea of sorts, asking them to reconsider their stance of what they consider "freedom". Would they rather have all their fun now and leave nothing for future generations, or would they rather limit themselves ever so slightly in order for us all to have a better future and give a better future to those upcoming generations. I think that people would be more interested in reading something optimistic, instead of all that conspiracy theory stuff.
Step 4
--Moments, Stories, People, and Scenes--
The most prominent story that sticks out in my mind every time I think about this topic is one of a Chinese woman, who although herself had children, was head of the Population Enforcements in China. She had done all these terrible things to women who were pregnant without a license or had gone beyond their "limit" of children. She enforced killings of children and ruined families altogether. After some time she came to the realization that what she was doing was extreme and very wrong and warped. So she stopped. I just find it hard to believe that suddenly one day you find it to be wrong, but that's the amount of influence China has on it's ppl I guess. Another thing that stands out is why ppl might have big families. While I was looking through my notes I noticed that several places described people having numerous family members so that when the time came, the elders would be taken care of. So if we had a government program--one that wasn't warped like some gov't projects--that really took care of people in their old age, we might not be faced with huge family sizes...but that is only in America and other affluent countries. I don't see Iraq caring for it's people like this. This is such a mess, this overpopulation stuff! If one thing works for a certain populace, then it completely ruins another. There is no perfect answer, I don't think. There is a lot of talk about how we should give people incentives and/or decentives. That seems to stand out... This seems like the fairest and most American thing to do. Giving tax breaks or something of that nature to Americans is huge...they love that stuff...and they also hate to BE taxed. So incorporating something like that depending on how many children you have might work.
Step 5
Is population control really necessary?
Yes I think it is. Our population has been increasing and will increase by 3 million people by 2050. We have used so many resources and keep taking from our planet that it will eventually run out! Either we control population now, or we suffer later on.
What do you mean by "suffer later on"? What will happen?
For example, water...the basic element of life here on planet Earth. We are using it up at a rapid rate and eventually we will be fighting over clean drinking water like animals in the Sahara! And if wars over things like water and warmth, like we do now with oil, things are going to get real ugly, real fast. Then life as we know it would stop...No trading would be happening, no importing/exporting, thing you would be used to would be a thing of the past. Worst case scenario, we would be set up in camps and might even resort to civil war with our neighbors!
Well that sounds kind of extreme! How soon are these events going to happen?? How do we prevent them??
I don't believe that events of that nature will come about in the near future, but it is definitely and possibility. Since we already are taking precautions against global warming, waste, and conserving water, things shouldn't be that bad. How we prevent them is up to us, the American people. It seems that the things we do stand out to other nations and impress them, whether that be good or bad. If we take the initiative and find a solution that fits most people's lives, the human race should prosper.
Isn't true that the more people you have the more minds you have to utilize??
That may be true, but isn't also true that is you focus on a few minds instead of numerous minds, that those few minds will learn more in a shorter amount of time. In other words, if America would put all it's current resources used for education into fewer people, those people will get a better education. Instead, we choose to educate EVERYBODY, whether they want to or not. It's a huge strain on the system and having fewer people would solve that.
Step 6
So What?
If we stop our "super consuming" we can leave something for future generations. And since over consumption is a direct result of overpopulation, we need to reduce our population in affluent countries like America, while keeping American values in mind.
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