I encourage mass suicide as a solution to majority of our global problems. My reasoning lies in the law of supply and demand. Without consumers this system would not work. So why don't we all just off ourselves for the good of the planet? Statistically speaking it would take about 4 planets to keep up with our current rate of consumption, so one would deduce that only 25% of the current population should exist for homeostasis to occur on Earth. Volunteers?
I didn't think so. So I propose a system of values be determined and each person be ranked according to their worth to society. The best 25% get to live. The rest are automatically opted in for voluntary euthanasia, wherein each person in the bottom 75% gets a small budget dedicated solely for the purpose of killing themselves in the manner of their choosing, within a reasonable given time frame.
Additionally, reproduction would be regulated in a hierarchical system which provides specific rank-based slots for every human being. When one person dies a slot opens, and a person is permitted to birth a child to fill the slot. When a person dies there is also opportunity for others to move into that position, leaving their slot open for the taking. A set of criteria can be determined for how a person moves from one slot to another, and how to place newborns efficiently.
So there you have it: my solution to world hunger, war, over-population and scarcity. No more waiting 2 hours in the line for the Spiderman ride. No more waiting 15 minutes at a gas station for a pump. Plenty of jeans in your size. And space on the beach to listen to your own music. Just imagine...
