>>We need to eat all of the productive people.
>>The Earth will then begin the healing process as the scattered remnants of humanity huddle in caves, eating berries to survive. I figure an eventual stable population of 10 million humans. It’s all we deserve.
I think I’ve found the flaw in your cunning plan... If we eat all the productive people then who will pick the berries?
“If we eat all the productive people then who will pick the berries?”
Some of the people will get hungry enough to come out of the caves and pick the berries, and a few adventurous souls will come up with the idea that they could pick extra berries to have some to sell to others. These few will become prosperous, and live in nicer caves decorated with deerskins and cave paintings.
Those who dwell in lesser caves will look upon these upstarts with envy. How dare they flaunt their wealth, stuffing themselves with berries and wearing expensive skins!
They will band together and form a political party, and tax the berry pickers. They will also pass rules on how to pick the berries, when to pick them, and who can pick them.