Coercive population control: from the mouth of Frank Notestein

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Totalitarian and corrupt governments thrive very well in societies with high percentages of large families that live in poverty, rather than in countries where the citizens have a higher standard of living thanks to intelligent family planning. Overpopulation is a valuable asset to war profiteers. as well.

Right you are. What I was saying, though, was that nobody is going to willingly give up their power in a totalitarian regime. So even if what they think is a big problem is sorted out, they would still keep the totalitarian regime in place. Take this quote:

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." - Lord Acton, 1887

mfqr Reviewed by mfqr on 12-22-2007. Coercive population control: from the mouth of Frank Notestein Coercive population control: from the mouth of Frank Notestein Daniel Taylor Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Frank Notestein (1902 - 1983) was one of the most influential population control activists and demographers of the 20th century. His work led to the establishment of demography as an academic discipline. He worked as the first director of Rating: 5