Though it shouldn't go without saying that "in the state of nature" the planet's carrying population for humans is far below 7 billion.
Regardless of whatever fine tuning is needed for long term sustainability, the solutions that have already allowed so many humans, with a good portion of them even having an excellent quality of life, are not possible through the naive exercise of brute force.
Of course, that all goes to reinforce the idea that complete independence and self-sufficiency are unrealistic—the planet can handle far more humans living in communities and cities than it can handle humans as hunter gatherers or humans farming for themselves without trade—and that no one today is successful independent of the economic environment where they find themselves, but it doesn't mean that there is something "unnatural" about people other than warlords having the most influence and power.
> but it doesn't mean that there is something "unnatural" about people other than warlords having the most influence and power.
I didn't say it was "unnatural." Indeed, given history, you can say that it's the natural tendency of humans to organize into collectives. The term "state of nature" usually refers not to whatever humans do naturally, but rather the condition that exists prior to the creation of society.
Regardless of whatever fine tuning is needed for long term sustainability, the solutions that have already allowed so many humans, with a good portion of them even having an excellent quality of life, are not possible through the naive exercise of brute force.
Of course, that all goes to reinforce the idea that complete independence and self-sufficiency are unrealistic—the planet can handle far more humans living in communities and cities than it can handle humans as hunter gatherers or humans farming for themselves without trade—and that no one today is successful independent of the economic environment where they find themselves, but it doesn't mean that there is something "unnatural" about people other than warlords having the most influence and power.