Overpopulation: An Ancient Myth Refuted - Intellectual Takeout

It is certainly time to lay to rest Malthusian theory and the overpopulation hysteria it has aroused. - Aidan Grogan

• Prince Philip once said, “In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, to contribute something to solving overpopulation.” The late Duke of Edinburgh passed away in 2021, but the hysterical sentiment he expressed about overpopulation lives on...
• The theory of overpopulation, and the collectivist idea that human reproduction must be limited, even by force, is nothing new...
• At the time of the publication of Ehrlich’s doomsday book (1968) and the Club of Rome’s founding, the world’s population stood at 3.6 billion, and nearly half of people worldwide were living in poverty. 
• Over the next five decades, the global population more than doubled to 7.7 billion, yet fewer than 9 percent of people remain in poverty today, and famines have virtually disappeared...