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Giblet_Enjoyer posted...

It's easy to ignore this fact when you're a privileged first-worlder whose existence rests on the backs of the ~7 billion underclass.

Another group of critics, generally of the political left, argues that Ehrlich emphasizes overpopulation too much as a problem in itself instead of distribution of resources.[19]Barry Commoner argued that Ehrlich emphasized overpopulation too much as the source of environmental problems, and that his proposed solutions were politically unacceptable because of the coercion that they implied, and because they would cost poor people disproportionately. He argued that technological, and above all social development would result in a natural decrease of both population growth and environmental damage.[35] Ehrlich denies any type of racism, and has argued that if his policy ideas were implemented properly they would not be repressive.

You're not arguing for the side you think you're arguing for