Why do we dream?

The dilemma of having an overcrowded population is that quality of life is almost always compromised and later deteriorates into poverty. As the population increases, the per capita income decreases, which means that the country and its government is not able to supply all of its inhabitants with supplies and essentials that may be needed. Unemployment also proves to be one of the biggest problems in an area of high population, because there is not enough demand for workers, which ultimately causes the low GDP per capita. Overpopulation can also cause problems such as hunger, poverty, water scarcity and political instability. Similarly Underpopulation is not positive either. In an underpopulated society, there is not enough labour and there is an over demand, this leads to job positions not being filled and products not being made, leading to a general lower quality and fewer luxuries in production and circulation. Taxes would be very difficult to obtain and collect as there becomes the concept of “strength in numbers” and in a society with very few members it would be difficult to provide basic necessities. There are also biological factors such as low genetic variation, which means the communities would not be able to fight off diseases and viruses, and if a pandemic were to occur, they would not be able to handle it. In conclusion, the only decent way to solve a population problem is to maintain the rate of the growth of the population. The approach that China took in the 1970s was authoritarian and antidemocratic, an approach that would not be taken lightly in the western world. Many faiths and religions would be against practises such as abortion, and many would morally object too. The solution to the population problem would not be a simple one to solve, as in some parts of the world overpopulation is the key issue and in others it is underpopulation. To solve the problem you would have to take it on a case by case basis, in the occurrence of a society being

overpopulated, the most prominent routes to take would have to be contraception, encouraging abstinence, and scientific focus on decreasing infant mortality. In conclusion, the path to solving