Malthusians on the March

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Dec 14 13:03:34 PST 1999


Jeffrey St. Clair quoted:


>WHEREAS: The population of the U.S. is six percent of the world's
>population, consuming up to 25 percent of the world's natural
>resources.

This is what I can't understand about the Malthusians' argument. Why is the problem the population and not the resource consumption (and waste production)? Is it that they want to be able to maintain *their* high level of consumption, so eliminating almost everyone else might make the arrangement more sustainable?

Doug



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