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> I also disagree that scarcity creates conflict and pain.

Every war in human history (and there have been a lot of them) was fought over control of scarce resources. Sure looks like scarcity creates conflict and pain to me.

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War causes some short-term pain but nothing in comparison to the long-term pain of post-scarcity where we use up so many resources that there are none left to use -- such as depleting most fishing stocks, rainforest destruction, and global warming.

I'd take a few wars here and there over what we have now any day. Even if it means I die. It would be much better if humanity's population were limited.

>It would be much better if humanity's population were limited.

It's a shame your argument devolved into eugenics so quickly.

If you want to limit human population, with all respect, you first. Talk is cheap.

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