'Demographic Winter': The Right's New Apocalypse
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Mon Jul 05, 2010 at 07:38:38 AM EST
Right-wing groups warn that Western civilization is facing a `demographic winter,' risking the destruction of what they call the natural family.

If over the years you've been following the debate over population growth, you are familiar with the argument that it is economically unfeasible for the earth to sustain an unlimited population. You might subscribe to that argument, or you might believe that it isn't so much a problem of population growth but rather of the inequitable worldwide distribution of resources. Or you might see the two as inter-related. In recent years, however, a new wrinkle has been introduced into the debate; a concept called "Demographic Winter."  

For many conservatives, demographic winter -- or "birth dearth" as it is sometimes called -- is the ultimate culture war battle, rooted in the rise of feminism, legalized abortion, the acceptance of homosexuality, illegal immigration, and the growth of minority populations. All of this is supposedly the result of a multi-decade campaign by liberals to undermine "natural law" and the "natural" family.

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When I first read your post, I thought I knew what the article was about (I was right), and it's nothing new (except the "demographic winter" term).  It's just the same old racist "stuff" wrapped up in new clothes... the racist bigot fear that whites will loose their political and economic supremacy and will start having to be equal with everyone else.

The "birth dearth" is actually a good thing.  Most people don't know this, but the planet could only support about a quarter of the population if it wasn't for the discovery of how to create ammonia and make nitrate fertilizers.  That suggests to me that humankind should work to reduce our numbers (by birth control and so on) until we're no more in numbers than what could be naturally supported.  As far as hunger and poverty caused by inequitable worldwide distribution of resources, that has been demonstrated.  We could end hunger if people had the political will to do so.  I've also read peer-reviewed articles that suggest that we will eventually start running into another physical limitation- sources of phosphorus and other elements needed for proper plant growth are finite.

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