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It's usually not considered when talking about overpopulation, but this has basically already happened. The US population has quadrupled in the last 100 years.
by Mirioron 7y ago
It's usually not considered when talking about overpopulation, but this has basically already happened. The US population has quadrupled in the last 100 years. The populations of most countries have significantly increased, but the size of the administration that actually creates laws and tries to solve problems for the people has not increased much.
- eru 7y agoPeople mostly solve their own problems. The number of laws and regulations seem to have increased quite a lot. I can dig up some statistics, if necessary. But just remember the reams of pages from the Patriot Act etc. The number of civil servants (and other people employed by the government) seems to have increased a lot, too. (GDP increased a lot, and the size of government increased even faster.) The number of people in your House of Representatives was basically flat. That's true. Though they only vote on the legislation, the actual law writing is outsourced. (Similar to how you still have only one president, but the executive has grown nonetheless.) Not sure about the number of judges. Would be interesting to dig up some statistics about the number of judges per capita over time.