"Overpopulation" discourse is almost exclusively high emitters bitching about too many low emitters. That's eco-fascism. 
[total emissions] = [per capita] x [population]
Fascism says let's reduce population (bcs obviously I'm not changing my lifestyle)
Climate justice says let's reduce the per capita emissions (starting with the rich)
Fascism says let's reduce population (bcs obviously I'm not changing my lifestyle)
Climate justice says let's reduce the per capita emissions (starting with the rich)
It's like having a group of 10 people in a small boat, 1 person weighs 1500 lbs and the other 9 weigh 75 lbs each. Talking about "overpopulation" without that context is highly problematic.
The boat doesn't have a population limit, it has a weight limit.
Earth doesn't have a population limit, it has a consumption/emissions limit. If everyone on earth had the footprint of the "rest of world" group, we'd be within carrying capacity.
#EatTheRich
Earth doesn't have a population limit, it has a consumption/emissions limit. If everyone on earth had the footprint of the "rest of world" group, we'd be within carrying capacity.
#EatTheRich
No meat eater ever gets to use the word overpopulation. Guess who eats most of that beef... it ain't poor ppl, it definitely isn't India. It's a small percentage of global wealthy causing massively outsized ecological damage.
I want to laser-cut this graph into a shovel and use it to beat to death anyone wailing about overpopulation.
https://twitter.com/Fridays4FutureU/status/1469018317734227981
There also seems to be remarkable overlap btwn hi emitters bitching about population and also complaining about China being highest emitter in the world, which is not true in any meaningful sense.
https://twitter.com/SamYourEyes/status/1553159409496461312
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