I’ve been critical of the UN’s Agenda 21 (and its updated
variations such as Agenda 2030 which alarmingly includes
human depopulation) for quite
some time.
There are many facets to Agenda 21/2030 revolving around a
despotic One World Government, a Humanism filtered through Marxism, alarming
forms of Left Wing Ecology, of course loss of National Sovereignty which would
include shredding the Liberty found in the U.S. Constitution AND for the sake
of this conversion – Human Depopulation.
Long before the United Nations existed population alarmists
have been preaching the theory the world’s ability to produce food cannot keep
up with earth’s ever increasing population. The UN has taken this alarmism and
has discreetly adopted a depopulation agenda cloaked in flowery Left-speak to
disguise intentions from the general population.
Too often humans subject themselves to a theory as if it is
a gospel fact. I found a book review on the Christian oriented BreakPoint that extrapolates
a different kind of theory that earth’s population will soon reach its peak
then naturally decrease based on projected decreased global fertility rates. The
books title: “Empty Planet: The Shock of Global
Population Decline,” by Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson
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BreakPoint: The Empty Planet
Population Bust, not Population Bomb
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We’ve mentioned in the past on BreakPoint about “zombie
abortion arguments.” You know, those arguments that just won’t die? They
continue to be repeated long after they should have been “dead and buried.”
Like zombies in movies, these arguments continue shuffling along, seemingly
impervious to the reality that they are dead.
Abortion isn’t the only issue confused by “zombie
arguments.” There’s a whole host of “should-be-dead-by-now” ideas having to do
with so-called “overpopulation.” I say “so-called” because virtually every dire
prediction Paul Ehrlich made fifty years ago in his book “The Population Bomb”
was wrong. Spectacularly wrong, in fact. Yet Ehrlich’s ideas remain an article
of faith among many—and I mean that literally.
In “The Walking Dead,” the only sure way to dispatch a
zombie is with a headshot. Well, a new book should be the headshot for
Ehrlich’s ideas. Unfortunately, many people’s worldviews harden to the point of
becoming ideological kevlar helmets.
The book of which I speak is “Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline” by Darrell
Bricker and John Ibbitson.
To be clear, there’s far more than one “shock” described in
“Empty Planet,” but all of them flow from a single reality. Contrary to what
people have been taught to believe for decades, “We do not face the challenge
of a population bomb but of a population bust—a relentless,
generation-after-generation culling of the human herd.”
As the Canadian duo documents, an increasing number of
demographers around the world believe that the UN’s estimates, that human
population will peak at 11 billion in 2100, are far too high. The more likely
outcome, they suggest, is that “the planet’s population will peak at around
nine billion sometime between 2040 and 2060, and then start to decline.”
According to Bricker and Ibbitson, “Once that decline begins, it will never
end.”
Their argument is scarily plausible. They are not
exaggerating when they call this decline the “great defining event of the
twenty-first century” and “one of the great defining events in human history.”
We talk a lot on BreakPoint about the decline of fertility
rates in the industrialized world: Western Europe, Japan and the United States.
We have described the dire economic and social consequences of this decline.
What “Empty Planet” makes clear is that this decline isn’t
limited to the usual suspects. South Korea is headed down the same road to
demographic catastrophe as Japan. Even more ominously, similar trends are
emerging in the developing world. By the middle of this century, Brazil,
Indonesia, China, and even India will begin to see their populations decline.
The reasons behind the decline are, not surprisingly, mostly
cultural. In a brilliant bit of analysis, the authors point out that “as
societies become more modern and urban, friends and co-workers replace
siblings, parents, and uncles and aunts.” Families may put subtle and sometimes
not-so-subtle pressure on young people to get married and have kids, but
friends rarely do.
And then, there’s this well-established link between
religiosity and fertility, something we’ve talked about before on BreakPoint.
Population decline is going to be a nasty shock, especially
in the economic realm. Ideally, there should be about six workers for every
retiree. Thanks to increased life expectancy and low birth rates, it is
projected to drop to about three by 2050 and about two by 2100. We may live
longer but there will be fewer of us, and our societies will be less dynamic,
entrepreneurial, and creative.
Despite these realities, the myth of “overpopulation”
refuses to die. Efforts to combat fertility and population growth, whether
governmental policies or cultural incentives, are terrible ideas that threaten
to make victims of us all.
Still, unlike Bricker and Ibbitson, I refuse to give up
hope. Faith, especially Christian faith, is still strong in many parts of the
world. And while that persists, there’s still a chance to avoid some of the
“shocks” they describe in “Empty Planet.”
Otherwise a different, but no less real, zombie apocalypse
awaits us.
Resources
- John
Stonestreet | BreakPoint.org | July 1, 2015
- Eric
Metaxas | BreakPoint.org | October 2, 2013
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