Just for the sake of argument, let’s pretend there is no evil in this world. None. Zero. Not in anyone or anything. No criminals. No wars. And most of all, no government. think about it? If everyone played nice, would we need any government? Any police force? Would we need any individual or corporate protection from anyone? Of course not. With no evil, no one would be taking advantage of anyone. Wouldn’t it be grand. Everyone’s dream attained. World peace. It would be great, wouldn’t it? However, keep in mind that I set the stage by stating, “Let’s pretend”?
So we’re pretending. Since we have world peace, and no governments, and no one taking advantage of each other, we have no borders. Because we have no borders, we have no cities, no counties, no parishes, no states, no countries. No whatever other man made divisions are called across this globe. We just have people, animals, water, and land. Again, for the sake of argument, the geography of the planet Earth is the same as it is today. In other words, the distribution of rivers, lakes, oceans, and the perimeters of the continents are no different than they are as I write this.
My question to all of you who read this is, if all of that were true, and if for whatever reason, if all of the people of this world were flocking to only this portion of the Earth that today comprises the continental United States of America, how many human beings could fit on this land mass? I’m asking, would all of the humans beings that inhabit this planet fit? From an economic stand point, how many peoples could this portion of land support? How many people could this land house, yet still have enough open spaces for farms to produce enough food for all of us to be healthy? Would there remain enough land mass for individual housing, factories, schools? At what point would we be so crowded that we would only be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with no room to lie down to sleep?
So I ask you today, even if we all played nicely together, just how many people could America support?