Newfie wrote:And population reduction is something we, as a species, can not abide.
Oui, what a mess.
It's a short term mess. And actually we do abide to population reduction by paradoxically bringing it on by default. So in this crazy perverted way as we zoom along in collective inaction this is actually tacit support to bring about population correcting consequences.
Most people actually want to surrender control over to a higher being which for some may be god, for others the overshoot predator. At a critical point the individual loses his relevancy as the collective becomes an unmanageable juggernaut. At that point the individual surrenders control to the deity of his choice. For those with religious persuasions this can be the invisible man in the sky. To those with ecological persuasions this can be the overshoot predator.
Which one is more real?
I hardly even give this much of a thought anymore because thoughts and even actions are no longer relevant to the reality that is unfolding. This takes you back to your friends and loved ones and to your garden in the backyard, the boat, the little piece of land you protect. Nothing else matters.
Discussions or on line forums about this topic is just a bunch of chattering noise that is like a flywheel not connected to a drive chain. It spins but does no work.