but then we are now over the peak.
Yuyutsu,
One of your better statements ! Sadly, too many Left voters are not capable of understanding that.

Dear Indyvidual,

«One of your better statements ! Sadly, too many Left voters are not capable of understanding that.»

This last bit is your own statement, not mine to deserve that credit.

We ARE over the peak indeed and the quality of life is worsening, yet I do not attribute it to "Left" or "Right", but mainly to overpopulation, then the addiction to technology. Faith in technology was originally considered a "Leftist" attitude, yet one of the worst monsters living today who promotes it, is Elon Mask, which Wikipedia claims is positioned on the far-Right.

Hi Yuyutsu,

We have had several discussions on "world population", if I recall correctly you are in favour of a dramatic decrease in numbers to around 3% or less of the present 8 plus billion people on the planet. What's not clear is HOW such a dramatic decrease could be achieved without some kind of draconian intervention, or do you favour draconian intervention? The WHO and the end result of it comes into question. I agree there is some scope for population control world wide, the serious problem at the moment is location of people and their access to basic resources, which I believe is totally inequitable on a world scale, and some kind of redistribution of both people and resources is what's required.

Dear Paul,

I do not support coercion, thus making babies should not be criminalised, but it should not be supported or incentivised either, rather it should be shunned as an anti-social behaviour, perhaps akin to smoking.

Given a fair advance-warning to allow for those babies already conceived, this means for example no further maternity leave, public-funded childcare, schooling or healthcare, etc. for those born afterwards (except due to rape). Those who insist on the harmful pastime of parenthood should bear the full costs.

I don't expect the reduction in population to happen at once either - it will take a century or two.

«the serious problem at the moment is location of people and their access to basic resources, which I believe is totally inequitable on a world scale, and some kind of redistribution of both people and resources is what's required.»

That is a separate issue altogether, which may also need to be addressed in the interim.

Hi again Yuyutsu,

<<I (Yuyutsu) do not support coercion>>

Then you need some kind of incentive for people not to have children. BTW, not having children is counter productive, all it gives is a rapidly ageing population of non productive's. Therefore to reduce the population, and at the same time maintain support through productivity you have to attack the other end of the scale, the old people. Putting it bluntly, you have to reduce life expectancy, for most to around 65. The slogan could be "Pop One Out, Bump One Off". Its the Chook Pen Principle; "Keep your layers, and its the chopping block for the old boilers"! Gee, unfortunately that would be the end of this forum!

No matter when people vote - whether or not they hear all they should before they vote - they will still be dragging their sorry arses along the ground for another three years after next Saturday.

The only two parties capable of forming a government, without or without some help from minorities, are too similar in: defence (or the lack of thereof); climate and Net Zero nonsense; immigration: transgenderism; woke; self-interest: education and indoctrination; big spending; big government; anti-family; ripping an average $30k taxation off workers - and wasting it. There is little if anything they don’t agree on.

Australia is well and truly rooted, thanks to poor quality, self-serving career politicians and advisers, a vicious mainstream media and, last but not least, a gormless electorate.