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Condoms are cheaper than bullets.
by journalctl 7y ago
Condoms are cheaper than bullets.
- Invictus0 7y agoIgnoring the ridiculous notion of killing people to stop population growth, that isn't true at all, especially if you consider that it takes one bullet to kill someone and thousands of condoms to prevent the birth of a child.
- dredmorbius 7y agoBullets carry significant externalities. How many of today's regional conflicts can be traced back to mass atrocities? Birth control doesn't create survivors perpetuating rage based on past martyrs. Even if the immediate efficacy approaches your suggested value. In truth, it's almost certainly closer to 100s.
- yters 7y agoWars lead to even greater population reduction. However, once one baby sneaks past the birth control, then you have to start all over again with that new person to teach them to not create yet more babies. War and vengeance is a viral population reduction method.
- dredmorbius 7y agoDisease and famine are historically far more effective. In the 20th century, the Spanish Influenza Pandemic killed more people than WWI. And WWII. Combined.
- yters 7y agoLiterally viral population reduction.
- dredmorbius 7y agoIf you're interested in the topic, I strongly recommend Kyle Harper's The Fate of Rome, discussing co-evolution of urbanisation, extended trade and commerce networks, and epidemic disease.
- yters 7y agoRomans did it to themselves by refusing to procreate, just like we in the west are doing.