Gregory Barrett's rant against childbearing in
Dissident Voice repeats a
similar admonition by the author a year before in the same publication. Barrett, who now regrets having his two daughters, finds 2019 to be just as bad as 2018 to have offspring.
Unsustainable production models and wasteful lifestyles
While Barrett's article includes repeated references to his own thought, there is only one hyperlink to evidence purporting to support his view about "near-term human extinction" caused by the fertility of women. The cited report does not, in fact, support Barrett's argument, but rather supports this response to his essay. The report
concludes: "We can no longer ignore the impact of current unsustainable production models and wasteful lifestyles." That is, population numbers are not the fundamental problem, but capitalist relations of production and consumption are.
Barrett's complaint is encapsulated in the title of
his article: "Doctrinaire left lines up with Trumpists, calls overpopulation 'myth': humans
über alles...to the bitter end." Barrett does not identify the "doctrinaire left," though presumably those who read and
publish in
Dissident Voice are included
. Nor does he provide evidence of the left lining up with so-called Trumpists.
Comment: If the Pew survey is actually factual and can be believed - then the global warming propaganda shtick we've been following closely here at SOTT.net is sure working among large segments of the world population!