I'm not talking about Pop Culture as Pop culture. I just intended that to be my title for blogging about population issues. Some humdrum economists who don't know any science proclaim the world as overpopulated. NAAAAH. The problem is definitely not overpopulation but poverty and world hunger. For starters, overpopulation is not the cause of these two main problems. The real problem is that the world's resources are just simply concentrated on 1/5 of the world's population. 4/5 is suffering from the selfishness and greed of these 1/5. These people who comprise the 1/5 fraction are getting more than they need and they're throwing their excess to the dogs while the children in Somalia and the Philippines are getting undernourished and stagnating their brain development. We dream of a paradise on earth but without the poor people. "The poor will be with you forever" as what the great historical figure said (who? who else!) "Eradicate the poor!" they scream. "Give them contraception. Legalize abortion in their countries. Inject abortifacient chemicals into their anti-tetanus shots so they stop populating the world and get half of our riches!" The real problem: MISALLOCATION OF RESOURCES. They blame the poor for not trying hard to get good education and be good businessmen like them. First of all, how can these poor people access good education when they do not have the money? Only people with money get good education because it takes money to get it. These poor people have brains, too, capable of being formed into another Bill Gates brain perhaps if this little child were only given the chance. Give scholarships. Create good schools that thrive on endowment so that poor people don't need to pay sky-rocketing tuition fees to get good education. Praise Centex!
As for us who perhaps do form part of the lowest 1/5 of the population, how can we help? We can convince those in the upper 1/5 to GIVE part of their millions and sacrifice a diamond studded bracelet to build houses for the children of Somalia. Take action!
