LogFAQs > #975528482

the world is not overpopulated, by raw landmass we've still got ample room for everyone.

However, the powers that be have determined that it is not worthwhile to improve the relevant logistical distribution or infrastructure to support the population we do have, which leads to problems like starvation/homelessness/overcrowding/strained utilities - the crux of the decision is not quality of life for the populace, the crux of the decision is an arbitrary unit of worth that society has agreed upon.

We -have- the resources. We can't get them to the people who need them. Because the number do not go up in a way that pleases the people who influence that sort of decisionmaking. Oh well.

It is my hope that, as the older, entrenched hyper-mogul types relinquish their death grips on the relevant sectors (either by sudden onset of "oh god what have I done" or because they've expired), we'll see rapid change come about in the next ten to twenty years. The interim period's probably gonna suck a bit though.