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· 5 years ago
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Nah. I don’t. Yeah- there’s traffic and crowds. But here’s the thing- nothing about Thanos “solution” fixes that. It took the world 200 years to go from 1 billion to almost 8 billion. 76 million babies were born in the US alone in the baby boom after WW2. So even if Thanos reduces the world population to half- roughly 4 billion- within a few generations it would be higher than before. Technological enhancements allow the dropping of infant mortality rates which mean more babies survive to adulthood- it’s easier to increase population regardless of population size when a society has advanced technology and medicine. But on that subject....
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guest_
· 5 years ago
... It can be inferred from Endgame that he did animals too- and bugs. The havoc that would cause on an ecosystem is likely immense. There would likely be mass extinctions and extreme environmental impact. So his plan is already beyond stupid. However as for understanding the motivation. Not really. See- there’s more than enough room on earth alone that people could live without clustering together. We cluster together because of how our society functions. If there are 100 billion or 10 people on earth it is likely that most will congregate together. This clustering causes lines and congestion- not the number of people. There isn’t a real benefit to less people either. There’s less traffic- but where will you go with most things shit down and the economy in ruins? What does it matter if you’re not in line behind 100 people for an hour to check out from the grocery store if there are fewer people making and transporting goods and it takes an extra week or more to get your stuff?
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guest_
· 5 years ago
What’s better- waiting half an hour to buy new shoes at the mall, or waiting half a day for a cobbler to resole your shoes or make them If it took 3 minutes for this comments page to load you’d be frustrated- but if there was no interest and we had to send comments written through the mail and it took days to read them- you’d be just as frustrated waiting. for you? It’s just tricks of perception.
guest_
· 5 years ago
Tl:dr- Thanos whole plan was moronic and doomed from the start. Patrick Star would have a better chance of solving population problems if you gave him the Gauntlet, and while we can all understand being frustrated with people- we CHOOSE to put up with it in return for the benefits. We don’t actually have to ever see another human face if we really didn’t want to.
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