Author: The Salt Institute

science-fiction-is-real:

entitledrichpeople:

entitledrichpeople:

the-bitter-idealist:

entitledrichpeople:

Capitalism produces scarcity artificially where there is none.

There are enough houses.

There is enough food (in fact there’s currently massive amounts of “overproduced” grain being left to rot)

There is enough water.

Even without changing the horribly designed production systems, there is no real shortage.  People don’t starve, have no fresh water, have no houses to live in, etc. because there are not enough of these things.  People don’t have access because capitalism denies them it.

There’s enough to share for everyone.  It’s not a zero sum game for poor and oppressed peoples. 

I known the argument that only GMOs can save us is untrue for the reasons above, but is overpopulation draining resources and killing the earth a lie promulgated by capitalists as a diversion as well? Would we be fine with this many people under a different economic/social system?

Yes, overpopulation is a capitalist/racist myth too.  It originated in racist eugenics theory and ignores issues of distribution, infrastructure/technology, and disparate impact in favor of fearmongering about poor/brown people having too many babies.

This one pops up a lot, so I’m going to post some links on it here:

Here’s a website dedicated to debunking overpopulation.  It’s 101 and simple, but might be a good intro point for some.

Here’s a BBC article on the lack of good basis to even say how many people is the maximum the Earth could support.

A child in the US on average will use 13 times the energy of one in Brazil and 35 times one in India.

The wealthiest 10% of the world contributes 50% of emissions, but the poorest 50% only contributes 10% of emissions.

And even those estimates are off, because much of the energy use in the developing world is spent on resources sent to already developed/wealthy countries.

Within developed countries income has a stronger impact on household energy use than having another child does (with the wealthy consistently using more).

Just 100 companies contribute 70% of emissions globally-replacing those 100 companies with fully sustainable energy would fix 70% of emissions.

It’s impossible for developing countries to generally adopt Western style energy consumption development models on a large scale.  And China, one of the larger developing countries whose government is a bit less under the thumb of Western imperialist powers, doesn’t intend to keep trying that either (instead investing in more renewable energy).  

So, yes, it’s absolutely not the number of people that’s the main problem, but how resources are used and environmental management practices are done.  If you were going to get rid of people to fix environmental problems, you would start with rich white Westerners, the opposite of who gets targeted by “overpopulation” panics.

I’m reblogging this post from last year, because I see so many opinions about the environment that repeat this nonsense.

It’s racist imperialist capitalist bullshit, and it leads to the exact opposite of real solutions.  

A great quote from this video is that genocide and capitalism really go hand in hand

aerialsquid:

yardsards:

One thing that a lot of transmasc people struggle with before they fully realize they’re trans is the question of “do I hate being treated like a woman because women are treated like shit, or do I hate being treated like a woman because I’m not a woman?”

and one method (though not entirely foolproof) to figuring that out is asking “would I be upset if another girl was treated like this?”

like, I’d be just as mad if some dude said “you can’t do math because you’re a girl” to a female classmate as I would if he said it to me

however, I never got uncomfortable at waiters calling my female friends “m’am”, I was only uncomfortable when they called *me* that

and obviously everyone’s feelings are different and there’s tons of variables at play, but if you find that there’s a lot of the second scenario going on with you, there’s a good chance you’re not entirely cis

Where was this post 18 god damn months ago.

sodomymcscurvylegs:

Remember in the 90′s where we went through a phase where all electronics had transparent casing?

Shit was WILD! I want this today! Fuck “rose gold” or whatever, give me a transparent smartphone so I can directly stare daggers at my dying battery with every software update!

lizbid33:

xscarletxwitchx:

agentcarter126:

xscarletxwitchx:

tinytravisty:

xscarletxwitchx:

ok so yea peter and shuri are the meme gods,,,,but like vision is part jarvis,,,,,,and jarvis like was the internet kinda so he would understand all of their references, but i feel like he would see why they’re funny so peter or shuri would be like “tHiS BiTcH eMpTy…” and vision would respond, without any sort of emotion “yeet.”

Peter, finding the empty milk in the fridge after pouring cereal in his bowl: THIS BITCH EMPTY

Vision, reading the paper across the room: *casual monotone vouce*Yeet

shuri, with tears in her eyes: i thought u were bae…

vision, not looking up from his book: turns out you’re just fam

Peter chilling at the avengers pool, notices bucky and Steve in the hot tub: two bros chilling in a hot tub..

Vision, sitting in a lounge chair to the side: 5 feet apart cuz they’re not gay

peter once texts him “h-hewwo…mistew vision…” and vision responds “sometimes i wish i was jared,19”

Peter: Mr. Vision I would die for you 🙂

Vision, without even looking up: Then Perish

gamesandgoldenapples:

yentische:

like here’s my hot bisexual take or whatever, but when a woman goes to other women for advice on dealing with their relationship problems with a man……. she should NEVER have to hear “duh he’s a man 🙄🙄🙄” or “are you really surprised” or ESPECIALLY “it’s on you for even dating him”.

i see this so often- especially on this stupid website. and i’m not gonna call out one group of people who do this either, because i’ve seen lesbians AND bi women tear other women down like this.

yeah, i get it. men are the worst. men are awful. men don’t care about women. but when a woman asks for advice on what to do in her situation, the last thing she needs is to be met with this dismissive behavior. HELP HER, let her know how to get out of a toxic relationship or recognize signs of domestic abuse, or at the very least give her some links. but don’t just give her an eyeroll emoji and call her dumb for being in a relationship with a man in the first place. it’s not her fault. stop acting like it is.

I absolutely agree.

And if it’s not abusive behavior, but rather, behavior that can be worked out via conversation, well… I hate the implication that men can’t escape toxic masculinity.

Implying that being sexist is an innate trait of men that cannot be changed causes more problems than it solves.

You can’t fix a bigot, but you can provide an environment that encourages people to change for the better.

mesopelagic:

cats be like…. mrrw prrp? =^•ω•^= mrrp