Conservative religious values, that have contributed to the rise of the Republican Party, are also leading to more deaths of children and adults around the world. They were talking about the cuts to USAID in Canadian radio today. The US has made big cuts, but other countries, including Canada and European countries, are making cuts as well. This, to conserve money, speaking of conservative.
I've often thought that the world may soon be entering an era of declining population which could also conserve the environment. Still, this is more painful than less conservative values would be.
More generosity could help budgets, due to increasing prosperity for US and Canadian farmers. US farmers are among the first to feel Elon Musk's act of tossing USAID into the woodchipper, as he once put it. The woodchipper also cuts programs to deal with birth control which would be a less painful way to deal with the overwhelming numbers of people in need.
Ironic if people who call themselves right to lifers are backing this.
Much of the increase in deaths is due to lack of medical care around the world. Food, fuel and fertilizer shortages will add to the problems. More money is being spent, around the world, on military budgets. NATO countries are being asked to ramp up military spending and they are responding due to increasing threats, or at least perceived increasing threats, around the world.
The silver lining, in all of this, is that public opinions do change. They swing back and forth like pendulums. Even religion doesn't always have to be a force pushing politics to conservatism.
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