> Humanity isn't the plague, our culture is. Where indigenous (sp?)
> people are still allowed to live the way they want to (i.e.
> tribal [1]), you won't find a population problem.
kids will just starve.
There hasn't been
When you're talking about "we" do you mean the West, or do you mean
China, India and Indonesia. Last time I checked, these three
countries made up about 1/2 of the world's population.
No, because about 100 years before colonization of North America began
in earnest, most (90%) of the indigenous inhabitants were decimated by
war, plague, smallpox and starvation.
When the first explorers of the new world arrived in Mexico and Peru,
they found vast civilizations which, except for lack of metallurgy and
gunpowder, were just as sophisticated as anything in the old world.
I'd argue that indigenous folks are only too happy to have greater
access to food, medicine, and above all, technological advantages by
which to dominate their rivals on the other side of the river.
Hunting and gathering peoples in the historical era have only existed
where they have been marginalized and have nowhere else to go. In any
places where even the most rudimentary agriculture is possible, it is
utilized to increase the local carrying capacity.
This drive to reproduce to the absolute limits of sustainability is
much older than any recent developments that you might categorize as
"modern culture".
I am sorry you are so burned out. Come to Tennessee sometime and I'll
show you all kinds of folklore.
Gerald