The Earth's population
Are we too many on Earth?
This is one of the strong messages of the system! We are the cancer of the planet; we destroy everything we touch; if all people consumed as much as Westerners, the planet would already be dead... These anxiety-inducing messages are everywhere, even in school books, perverting the minds of the next generation.
The logical consequence: control each of our actions and transactions, reduce our population, diminish our quality of life... Well, "we"... The people, of course!
And what if, in reality, the problem was under-population and the aging of the population? Who will solve the problems that we leave to our children, if they are not numerous enough and feel guilty from the start?
The Earth offers us immense resources, space multiplies them infinitely, and the energy accessible on Earth is limitless.
If we bet on energy abundance, pollution is not a problem, water is not a problem, and respect for natural spaces is not a problem... But our ability to achieve all this becomes a problem if the population is old and decreasing.
The population is not the problem, it is part of the solution!