Malthusianism is an early form of basilisk. its enduring popularity, despite batting .000, comes from its promise that *somebody* is going to have to choose what kind of people there needs to be fewer of — who of course is going to be someone wise enough to embrace Malthusianism
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But in this case it *has* to be true eventually unless you have perpetual motion machine in the basement. But yes, by predicting things will stop growing too soon, you get to each many authoritarian policies. But predicting too late also means disaster as with all ponzi schemes.
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this is good essay despite clickbaity title http://stevedutch.blogspot.com/2014/02/growth-is-ponzi-scheme.html …
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