BarneyPiccolo

Nope, this is a message to the MAGA Nazis. Turn it up LOUD.

War is a useful tool to reduce populations, but fairly inefficient until they start throwing bombs around. It can't be the only strategy.

Another good strategy is to restrict access to medical care. Make it incredibly expensive, so costly that many people will choose to die, rather then burden their families with the cost.

Another good one is to end childhood vaccines. A good pandemic can wipe out millions. Of course, this is only happening in America, so the wealthy will be able to afford vaccines from foreign countries, and survive any strategic pandemics. I wouldn't be surprised if Stephen "PeeWee Himmler" Miller released a deadly virus on purpose, something like Ebola, just to speed the process along.

Then there is Climate Change, which is wreaking havoc on our environment, and causing far worst storms and floods. Restrict or even end FEMA, and our annual natural disasters can claim victims with much more efficiency.

Criminalize EVERYTHING, and throw more people in prison, where the mortality rate is much higher. Allow the military/ law enforcement to fire on protesters. Allow police to kill without consequences.

Prohibit Birthright Citizenship, allowing the deportation of millions of American citizens. Don Jr, Ivanka, and Eric are all Birthright Citizens, so they should be deported as well, but we all know that Aristocrats won't be included.

And if doing all this, and more, doesn't reduce the population fast enough, we can always go down the proven path of Death Camps.

Challenge accepted, but I'm not going to cite some media story. Instead, I'll use a real-life example that we ALL lived through:

During the Covid quarantine, Americans were issued checks to help offset financial issues caused by not working, essentially UBI. While everyone thought the quarantine would cause an economic slump, the government-issued checks had the opposite effect - the economy boomed.

When all those Americans got extra money, they didn't do what wealthy people do, and hoard it, they spent it. They caught up on bills, they bought new vehicles, appliances, furniture, etc. All that government money poured into the economy, and it boomed. Delivery services like Uber Eats and Door Dash finally got their feet under them, and became viable businesses for the first time. Huge online retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, etc. all reported record sales, and record profits, and record stock prices.

It was thought that if everyone stayed home from work, the economy would crash, but as long as they had money to spend, the economy actually increased significantly. Economically, it was the best part of Trump's first term.

That wasn't a theory, or a study, or even a small test case in a city or even a state. That was a nationwide experiment, using multiple payments over a fairly long time period, and it proved that giving money to the lower economic strata produces huge economic gains, far more than giving tax incentives to the wealthy.

And it didn't hurt the wealthy at all. They still got even richer, but everyone else got to benefit too. Trickle UP Economics works, and the only reason not to do it is if the Ruling Class simply doesn't want us to have it, for their own selfish reasons, which is primarily because it is easier to maintain control of poor people who rely on you for what little money they are allowed to have.

If the Sociopathic Oligarchs and Corporations won't come to their senses, and cooperate with a new economic paradigm that works for all citizens, then sooner or later we will spontaneously switch to Robin Hood Economics, and that usually comes accompanied with things like guillotines, nooses, and firing squads. They won't like that at all. It will be far better for them if we shift to Trickle UP Economics before we get to that point.

I do remember them specifically saying that their economic system was completely changed by Replicator technology, although I don't remember who said it, or in what context. I don't even remember which show. I'm pretty sure I heard it correctly, because I remember it being a massive revelation to me. That was the single event that completely shifted all humanity away from a capitalist society.

TOS was just the dress rehearsal for the real Star Trek universe.

No, you didn't mention Oligarchs or Corporations because that would undercut your "moral" argument, so I did.

The entire world has been sold the concept that the only "moral" lifestyle is to sacrifice your life to earn barely subsistence wages in the pursuit of obscene wealth for a few wealthy families. That is the 21st century human paradigm across the entire planet, regardless of political ideology. EVERY society is Capitalist in practice, and those that deny it it, are lying. There is not a single nation on this planet who is not dedicated to funnelling vast amounts of money to a few wealthy people in their country.

In addition, if we continue on this path, the number of wealthy families benefiting by this system will shrink, until there is only a single family, or perhaps person, who controls the entire planet's wealth. It may take a few generations, but it is inevitable.

And yes, ALL corporations are sociopathic, by definition. There are NO exceptions.

Working thanklessly for slave wages to make Sociopathic Oligarchs or Corporations rich is not "morally right," or "contributing to society," it's playing your non-disruptive role in THEIR society.

Traveling the world, exchanging cultures, etc. contributes far more to the world than being a tiny cog getting worn down and used up over a lifetime in some oligarch's machine.

"Morally right?" JFC, get a fucking clue. How is it morally right to contribute to a MAGA Nazi society? Burn it the fuck down.

In the Star Trek future, they couldn't accomplish that until they perfected Replicator technology.

UBI will be necessary when the combination of AI and robotics creates a permanent 35+% unemployment rate. We will have to institute UBI, or reduce the population by that much. Which objective will each party choose to support, and how will they accomplish it?

UBI would be amazing for the economy. It's basically Trickle UP economics. The money will still eventually end up in the pocket of some rich guy, but at least it will grease the gears of the economy on the way up.

Sure, cuz old sick people bounce right back easily from complex major surgeries like transplants.

Hey! That's my name, too!