I sincerely doubt that the planet will be a winner if the human race dies out. I suspect that it will not cope very well without us now, unless
Planet of the Apes is the proposed model. But given even the smartest chimps are nowhere close to humans yet in terms of evolution and development of technologies (though we have taught them sign language which they're theoretically then able to teach their children), I can't see much progress for the planet without humans. We have physically and mentally evolved to this current level at an extremely rapid speed (relative to any other species) for a good reason, and it was pointed out in an earlier post - other planets. The lack of development in space is causing a logjam down here - we're still sat on the sofa getting fat, watching nonsense and scratching our arses when we should be working on space projects and progressing our expansion. The 'developing countries' (an ironic term) is now screeching to a halt going: 'What the hell are you lot still doing here?'.
Arguably we have already reached the point where most people don't actually need to work in jobs full-time - if at all. That's why the current crisis is terrifying to so many people in the 'developed countries', as they never thought there might actually be something else to do other than work, and now we're at that point, they can't think of anything else to do except more consumerism. And prioritising the elderly over the young is morally and intellectually indefensible, but 'we' still do it, even when we know it's wrecking everything long-term. Voting for your own execution is hardly appealing, but that isn't the only alternative. We should be worn out from a busy and productive life and die quickly from exhaustion, not be kept alive for another decade on life-support by avaricious (but kindly) organisations whilst they drain the inheritance (that was saved for the children) in care-home fees.
Similarly, voting for corrupt, ugly and mendacious monsters like Johnson, Trump, Putin, Xi, Duda and the entire rogue's gallery of foul bastards who currently lead most of the major countries of the world is a moral disgrace, but it's mostly the elderly, the comfortable middle-aged and the under-educated who do it. Changing the voting systems would partially sort it, but we won't - even the parties that know they should. Because they're frightened of the future, which must be the first time in human existence that the concept has ever existed.
Persuading younger people to start having more babies is an impossible sell until they can be convinced that it's worth it. I don't think it's fertility that's the issue, it's the cost. And the lack of any perceived obvious benefits from having children to many. I'm not young any more, but I've never been convinced by the idea of parenthood. Easier for a man to think that, maybe, as I can only inseminate. But obviously a single man could 'do the whole street' if truly necessary. If that sounds like I'm a nazi, imagine what it must be like to be able to vote for Boris Johnson comfortably.
During the Balkan wars in the early 90s, despite the main war policy of each sub-country within Yugoslavia being ethnic separation, the murder of fertile men and mass rape of women was carried out to an astonishing degree by all sides. It doesn't take much effort to work out what the net result of that genius move was. This tactic is adopted throughout ethnic wars, despite the obvious total stupidity of it from a separatist point of view. If religious, one could argue that 'God' is rather harsh and cruel to make people do such terrible things to each other. But if 'God' is actually DNA, then it makes perfect sense (to DNA) to mix up the races and sub-tribes as much as possible, as the best genetic outcomes will undoubtedly come from that, even if the means to the end is rather upsetting whilst it's ongoing. But how else would you persuade competing tribes and races to co-operate genetically other than by 'tricking' them?
Otherwise how do we really get to this? Those lyrics are
so racially insensitive! No-one will ever get over it :halo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAWn4FO1MOw
