Well, euthanizing 1/3 of the population would certainly help alleviate the housing crisis...
"The cheapest thing in the long run would be to shoot all of us"- an old professor of mine
Seven billion bullets are not cheap.
But we'd never have to feed or house anyone again
This CBC article claims that in 2023, in Alberta Canada, a box of 50 9mm rounds cost $13 retail. That's $0.26 a shot. Multiply that by 7 billion and you get $1.8 billion.
I assume Alberta Canada is not the cheapest place to buy 9mm rounds, and that if you were buying 7 billion rounds some kind of economy of scale would kick in, and that you could get a better price even just as wholesale rather than retail. Oh and that's Canadian Dollars. But that's still an upper bound.
$1.8 billion dollars is more than I have, but is not more than anyone has.
Toronto is Canada's largest city, and is the 4th largest city in North America. In 2025 they spent about 1.8 billion Canadian dollars of their budget on "Community and Social Services" alone. That's child services, fire, paramedic, parks and rec, shelters, that sort of stuff.
I'm not advocating for shooting every human on Earth, but for the cost of parks and shelters and ambulances for a single year in the 4th largest city in North America, we could make that happen.
We're running an experiment on this new product, Soylent Green... Interested in participating?
It would destroy a lot of other parts as well. I would have to bet a number of these people still work some sort of job even if part time, babysit for family members, still provide something to their community in a way. Sadly there are a lot of people who do believe measures to depopulate would be a good thing.
"If they are going to die, then better they should do it now to decrease the surplus population."
As per usual the anti maid crowd made up imaginary numbers for the "study"
This is literally a fake scenario based on a bunch of fake numbers that was circulated on twitter.
It's basically propaganda...
This article is trash.
Yea it's not the best. but it's calling out lies so I figured it was worth sharing.
among vulnerable groups — defined as "individuals with severe mental health issues, the homeless, drug users, retired elderly, and Indigenous communities"
Who missed that 'Indigenous Communities' thing?
This is right out of the 'White Supremacist' agenda, and tops even Hitler's Germany.
Such silliness. Who would pay for the ramp-up in mortuary facilities?
Considering that there have only been 13,287,523 total deaths in Canada since 1950, that is a huge step-up in demand.
Methinks they left out that bit about mass graves.
Or run the crematorium 24/7 until it melts or clogs.
I seriously think everything on Twitter is bots now.
The bots are talking, but there are still credulous fools listening.
HALF THE DAMN COUNTRY? People will believe ANYTHING. God damn.
Speak for yourself..
One of my relatives worked for his provincial government health care department some years ago. He told me once that smokers gave the biggest contribution to the health care system because although they tended to be expensive in the last five years or so of their lives, they usually died young enough that they used less money than they put in.
So if they really wanted to save money, they would encourage us to take up smoking tobacco again.
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