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The Left Is Wrong About Overpopulation

By Michael Schwarz September 19, 2023 at 1:34pm

At the core of many modern leftist obsessions lies a centuries-old canard — namely, that your existence poses a problem.

Indeed, modern leftists have become the intellectual heirs of Thomas Malthus, the late-18th and early 19th-century English political economist who argued that population growth strains limited resources.

Much in modern leftist ideology qualifies as neo-Malthusian, for it assumes the truth of overpopulation.

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Michael Schwarz

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Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.