We are fat

We are overweight. We are just too fat. I'm not talking about Americans and their hamburgers and slurpees, although that is a problem relationship. I'm not talking about individuals at all. I'm not talking about cellulite either. I'm talking about all of us ... collectively. Humans. There are just too many of us. Most of the problems we face today can be tied to over-population. Fracking, the economic crisis, global warming ... you name it and the root cause is likely to be that there are just too many of us. Politicians don't talk about it because there is no easy weight loss program. No Weight Watchers. No tummy tucks. No special shakes. The reason, of course, is that the 'pounds' you need to drop are people ... real people. If China had a problem with limiting folks to one child, how successful will anybody else be? A mandatory limit on life span probably won't get any more traction than planned genocide. So, it's a problem without an easy or palatable solution. There is no chance of short term voter satisfaction. So, we ignore it. We just throw on our track suit and head for McDonalds thinking of a way to justify super sizing.