Re: The enigma of extinction

"Cameron L. Spitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ahn Fyuh Wi
Dizayah wrote:
> >> The theory that global warming can make species extinct may not be
> > correct,
> >> says Christopher Lingle
> >
> > Human overconsumption of land is the main cause of extinction.
> >
> > If we do not limit our population, we will destroy our environment.
> >
> > Democracy will not limit any population.
>
> Sure it will.  In a real democracy, human and civil rights
> are respected and there's economic security.

Yet democracies most commonly vote those issues away.

And you dodged the point: when individual decisions are respect unchecked,
people do what is selfish. Fewer children, more resources.

Also note that this hasn't come true in America: the population is
expanding, although not through domestic breeding.