On the contrary, infinite exponential growth is impossible on a finite planet.

The reason we "live on top of each other" is precisely because it's the most efficient way to live and we already have too many people.

In my lifetime alone, we have wiped out a majority of the wild creatures of the world.

We've killed more than half the wild mammals; more than half of the non-domesticated birds; about two-thirds of all the aquatic creatures bigger than about 5 pounds; more than half the flying insects.

See this image? https://xkcd.com/1338/ Those little green dots are all the remaining wild mammals. (Actually, that cartoon was ten years ago and it's gotten worse since then.) And that's with nearly all of us in cities.

Some things of what you write I agree with. Excessive consumption is the problem. Animal agriculture is the biggest part of it.

And yes, this is cause by the affluent. The richest 10% of the population produces 50% of the greenhouse gas and is mainly white; the poorest 50% of the planet produces 10% of the greenhouse gas emissions and is mostly non-white.

Let me be blunt here. If there were a button that painlessly wiped every white person off the face of the planet, it would probably be the morally correct thing to do to press it.

I couldn't do it - I couldn't do it even if people I personally knew were spared, because it would just be too awful. But I'd be wrong.

We are in a population overshoot. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-how-and-why-sex-differences/201111/how-avoid-population-overshoot-and-collapse

That article was almost ten years ago and things have only gotten worse since. And what that means is a population collapse in the future, leaving us with a degraded environment for generations to come.

But I assure you that the original family in the article is solidly in that top 10% that is killing us.

WE HAVE TO STOP KILLING THE PLANET. Human consumption is killing the planet, and almost every human naturally wants to try to increase their own consumption. The only hope is to have fewer humans.

You seem young - you'll likely live to see many of these consequences. It makes me feel bad for you.

I feel bad because my generation and other older generations completely fucked you and the planet over and are continuing to do so. Oh, I tried a bit harder than others - I've never owned a car, have no kids, a plant-based diet, you know the story.

But there's no excuse for our terrible failure to protect our own.

I'm really sorry we did this to you. But pretending there isn't a problem isn't a good strategy.