Six billion plus

Going on nine billion of us humans on Planet Earth

And what does this mean?

Really what does this mean to us?

Less resources to be divided amongst more people?

Hardly most of the extra mouths will be in places where consumerism and material products come a distant last to mere survival

Less freedom?

Absolutely as fear of immigrants and terrorists remain high thanks to the best efforts of the media and governments for whom both are a heaven sent diversion and opportunity

Are immigration and terrorism linked then?

Why yes note how they are both useful devices for obtaining more power to control everyone

More controls than we have now then?

Absolutely since ex President Bush and his merry men started the terrorist under every bed movement after 9/11 all Western Governments have been creating and expanding their tracking and monitoring databases

Other governments have gratefully imposed more controls than they ever dreamed possible before 9/11 came along

Coincidence?

No comment

And note how there has always been immigration around the world throughout recorded history

But there have never been so many of us before

Note please also how there has always been terrorism on planet earth

Again this has been going on throughout recorded history

Terrorism depends on the label you put on people and who it is who is putting that label on them

Some might call them freedom fighters while others call them terrorists

So more people leads to more controls because if you are born poor in a country and have no food or future for sure you will try to get to a country where you can at least feed yourself and maybe send some money home

And if you are stopped time and again what do you do next?

If you are young frustrated and somebody comes along and offers you training to fight real injustices then guess what?

Our immigrant may well become tomorrow's terrorist

Now this might seem a distant affair for someone else to take care of

However we must note that our governments are hell bent on resurrecting the same financial model that just took us to the edge of global disaster

With six billion going on nine billion people is this really the best we can do?

A financial model based on greed

A model that has little concern for the the existing or new billions of humans about to incarnate on planet earth

.A model that enriches a few at the expense of the rest

What could be done?

For starters we know that educating women brings the birth rate down substantially

We know that most people given a chance prefer to stay in their own countries

We have the resources to make these things a reality

So continuing with our greed model of life where we consume ever more of the planet's resources does not seem to be a very smart option

Not smart at all given the finite nature of those resources

No hysterical cry here just putting down a marker that says time to consider other ways of welcoming the next three billion people

Three billion more over the next few years

Add in our continuing climate change

Climate change incidentally that has also been going on throughout recorded history

Yes, greed and more of the same does not seem to be the best option open to us

No prizes for guessing what is likely to happen though

On a personal level for sure you can consider where and how you can adjust your own life to this reality

Was a time when these things were idle speculation

No longer, we are all in this together

What is your understanding of the truth of these things?