Overpopulation is such a huge topic. It is taboo for so many people, and yet it is the number one problem on our planet. It seems like some people realize this, but they want to dance around the topic, or they feel like they are losing their rights as a human being if the population was controlled in any way, shape, or form.A big problem with this topic is the lack of education, which is essential to fixing this problem.
One approach to educate people on this topic is to be open about the reality, however, only in very small doses. One example of this could be that the traffic going into work was really backed-up one day, and you know good well that many of your coworkers were also stuck in the same traffic. After greeting them, you know this topic about the traffic is inevitably going to come up in conversation. Give them a small nudge, such as:
“the traffic was really bad this morning, too many people are moving here with their babies”
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