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Originally Posted by AltaGuy
Most estimates seem to put the death toll around 5-20 million people a year after 2050. Higher or lower - that's a lot.
Why do people need to be "passionately misinformed" for this enterprise, however? We already have those in the guise of real religion - I would propose this be based on our best science.
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The death toll implies we do nothing to save them. We could save them if we choose to marginally reduce our standard of living.
If you propose people follow this based on rational thought then it won't fufill the spiritual need of the in groups. The whole attractiveness of religion is belonging based on a simple set of rules and ritual. So you can bring what is attractive about religion into politics and movements but you inherently destroy the rationality in them.
I think the need to belong in humanity that drives religion is fundamentally driven by irrational thinking. So trying to build a rational structure to replace it wont work. Look at what happens when Nationalism grows to a religious level.
So I would argue keeping religious type fervor and needs fulfillment as far away from government policy is important.