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Paul Ehrlich Suggests Cannibalism to Control “Overpopulation”
Paul Ehrlich a radically pro-abortion population control professor of “Ethics” from Stanford has claimed overpopulation could lead to humanity having to eat the bodies of the dead.
‘We will soon be asking is it perfectly okay to eat the bodies of your dead because we’re all so hungry?,‘ he told HuffPost live host Josh Zepps.
Paul Ehrlich tells Zepps that “Ethics is hardly discussed in our media…How much do we really car about future generations…”
Zepps asked Ehrlich what he would do if her were “Emperor of the World.”
Ehrlich replies, “The first thing I would do is make every possible move to give women full equal rights and opportunities. And give every sexually active person complete access to modern contraception and where necessary, backed up abortion…”
Ehrlich says that current population trends are on a course that could leave cannibalism as one of the only options.
Ehrlich claimed that scarcity of resources will get so bad that humans will need to drastically change our eating habits and agriculture.
He added that humanity is ‘moving in that direction with a ridiculous speed.
‘In other words between now and 45 years from now, 2.5 billion people will be added to the planet.
‘We are moving towards resource wars.
Ehrlich is widely known for his 1968 publication of ‘The Population Bomb’ which called for ‘population control’ to prevent global crises from overpopulation.
But Ehrlich has been predicting this gloom and doom for years:
‘In the 1970’s the world will undergo famines – hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death,’ he predicted. ‘Our children will inherit a totally different world, a world in which the standards, politics, and economics of the 1960’s are dead.’
His solution- Population Control….abortion…sterilization….and yes….infanticide..
The author of the 1972 book the Population bomb has told Raw Story that giving people the right to have as many children as they want is “a bad idea.”
“Giving people the right to have as many people as many children that they want is, I think, a bad idea,” Ehrlich told Raw Story. “It’s not giving people the right to have as many children as they want, it’s giving people the right to control their reproduction so that they don’t have so many children that their children’s and grandchildren’s lives are in danger.”
“Nobody, in my view, has the right to have 12 children or even three unless the second pregnancy is twins,” Ehrlich continued. “That may be a hard-nosed view, but if you look at the entire situation, it’s crystal clear if we keep the populations of the rich growing, then the poor aren’t going to have a chance, and eventually, the descendants of the rich aren’t going to have a chance either.”
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In a recent speech at Macquarie University he said, “For example, having a kid is one thing. If you add a second kid or you have the choice of adding a second kid or buying four hummers, you’re doing much more environmental damage by having the second kid than buy four hummers. Because, of course, besides all the consumption that that child is going to have – the hummers don’t reproduce.”
Paul R. Ehrlich has authored another book with Michael Charles Tobias. In Hope on Earth both Ehrlich and Tobias argue that we are on the verge of environmental catastrophe, as the human population continues to grow without restraint and without significant attempts to deal with overconsumption and the vast depletion of resources and climate problems it creates.
They both believe that the impact of a human society on its environment is the direct result of its population size, and through their dialogue they break down the complex social problems that are wrapped up in this idea and attempts to overcome it, hitting firmly upon many controversial topics such as circumcision, religion, reproduction, abortion, animal rights, diet, and gun control.
Chemicals water tweet
A Tweet placed on Huffpo’s feed reads, “Just put chemicals in the water so that us men can’t reproduce. BAM problem solved.”
To that tweeter I say your suggestion is an old idea that has been proposed many times- read here.
18 Comments on "Paul Ehrlich Suggests Cannibalism to Control “Overpopulation”"
GregT on Sat, 24th May 2014 5:42 pm
“A Tweet placed on Huffpo’s feed reads, “Just put chemicals in the water so that us men can’t reproduce. BAM problem solved.””
Not so. One fertile man, and 365 fertile women, can produce one baby a day, every single day of the year. One fertile woman, and a million fertile men, can only produce one baby every 9 months.
If we hope to address population growth through birth control or sterilization, it is women that need to use contraceptives.
Perk Earl on Sat, 24th May 2014 5:46 pm
They would need to be discreet about how they packaged it so there wasn’t a lot of embarrassment at the counter from the sales person and other patrons, but it could help reduce population in a win-win scenario. For example if a large poor family pulled straws to determine a donor, they could make money for buying food for the remaining members of the family. The resulting retail product would in turn help feed other struggling families.
Maybe sausages in which only a portion is human, like only a portion of gasoline is ethanol. Hide it various foods, yet benefit from its volume and protein content. Maybe the ingredient can be given an innocuous name like, bipedal, lapythecus or cromag.
I know this all sounds very distasteful, but from what I saw of Soylent Green, most of what they talked about occurring in the future is already beginning to take shape, so it’s probably only a matter of time and worsening circumstances until the option gets openly discussed.
For example in Soylent Green there was a huge divide between the rich and poor – that’s happening. Overcrowding – that’s happened in China and India not to mention other cities around the world. Food insecurity even in developed countries – that’s happening. Widespread degradation of wildlife and land – the 6th great extinction event that’s happening and getting worse – with acidification of oceans we may kill off all sea life.
Kenz300 on Sat, 24th May 2014 5:51 pm
Too many people and too few resources……..endless population growth is not sustainable. Around the world we have a food crisis, a water crisis, a declining fish stocks crisis, a Climate Change crisis, a jobs crisis and an OVER POPULATION crisis.
The worlds poorest people are having the most children. They have not figured out the connection between their poverty and family size. If you can not provide for yourself you can not provide for a child.
Overpopulation facts – the problem no one will discuss: Alexandra Paul at TEDxTopanga – YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNxctzyNxC0
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peakyeast on Sat, 24th May 2014 5:57 pm
‘In the 1970’s the world will undergo famines – hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death,’ he predicted. ‘Our children will inherit a totally different world, a world in which the standards, politics, and economics of the 1960’s are dead.’
He was right.. Only it happened to people nobody in the “civilized” world cares/d about. And the world is totally different today.
Makati1 on Sat, 24th May 2014 7:38 pm
Since the West consumes 60% of the resources of the rest of the world, all we have to do is kill off the billion Western consumers right? Then the other 6 billion plus would have a good life and not need to birth 6 kids to have one or two live to take care of them in their old age. After all, that is the reason most have so many. A retirement plan in flesh, not dollars.
Plantagenet on Sat, 24th May 2014 8:01 pm
Ehrlich has already proven himself to be terrible at making predictions. He has a 50 year long record of making incorrect predictions. One should naturally take his latest predictions with a grain of salt.
GregT on Sat, 24th May 2014 8:58 pm
Ehrlich should refrain from adding dates to his predictions, as many others should do as well. Anyone with any common sense should be able to see that Ehrlich is entirely correct. It is not a matter of if, but a matter of when, and the longer we continue in overshoot the more devastating the consequences will be.
Hubert on Sat, 24th May 2014 10:01 pm
Solent Green is People!
SilentRunning on Sat, 24th May 2014 11:34 pm
Ehrlich has science and math on his side. It’s too bad that Big Ignorance tries to make him out to be a monster by distorting what he says.
Davy, Hermann, MO on Sun, 25th May 2014 7:01 am
True Silent! We will not get to cannibalism meme because the collapse will come much sooner. Systematically the global system will not hold up for anymore forcing.
sunweb on Sun, 25th May 2014 11:12 am
Ehrlich has lead the way for this generation but he follows another.
A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick,
commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729.
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capitalism dictate people for consumption (pun) and perhaps a spate of recipe books.
bobinget on Sun, 25th May 2014 11:54 am
http://meat-recipes.wonderhowto.com/how-to/howto-eat-human-0122609/
bobinget on Sun, 25th May 2014 12:15 pm
If most Americans refuse to eat horse, dog or cat meat
it will be some time before we tuck in to grandma.
If Americans can grow pot in closets, we could easily grow veggies in planter boxes or old truck tires.
More to the point, I’ll predict we will knowingly start to consume more insects. It takes little space to wrangle earthworms, fly larva, (to feed consumable birds and fish).
Good/Bad new for Vegans:
Unless we wash the life out of our greens, tiny spiders
and insects are ingested.
J-Gav on Sun, 25th May 2014 12:21 pm
The problem: those I’d be most interested in biting a hunk out of are also the ones most useful to society …
GregT on Sun, 25th May 2014 2:22 pm
I suspect that the millions of cats and dogs showing up at animal shelters because people can lo longer afford to feed them, will one day be feeding the people.
RICHARD RALPH ROEHL on Sun, 25th May 2014 8:47 pm
We are what we eat. So… the very last thing I’d eat is a faster poo-food Amerikan. Amerikans are full of GMO poison and other toxins. However… they would be a great source of fuel.
Davy, Hermann, MO on Sun, 25th May 2014 9:33 pm
OH Richard, your Germanic country is not so clean either so should you be throwing rocks when your overpopulated Europe is itself filthy? Way too many people in too small a space.
rollin on Sun, 25th May 2014 9:49 pm
‘In the 1970’s the world will undergo famines – hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death,’ he predicted. ‘Our children will inherit a totally different world, a world in which the standards, politics, and economics of the 1960’s are dead.’
Thank goodness the 1960’s way will go away. Living under the threat of nuclear Armageddon while the industrial world poisoned air, water and food as fast as it could is not a desirable set of standards, politics or economics.
Where does this self-elected president of the world get off telling everyone what rights they should or should not have? Population is a normal part of the natural scheme, needs no help from measly humans with bloated egos.
When those that are left are sitting around a fire at night hoping to keep off the wolves and bears, then they will understand how things work.