That is an assumption that our means of production stays the same, but with technology it increases. In a more and more high skilled society, increasing popula

That is an assumption that our means of production stays the same, but with technology it increases. In a more and more high skilled society, increasing population can have the opposite effect, do everyone have the skills and knowledge to operate in high skill society? If not, who will feed them? Combine this with automation and old truths about increasing population to maintain standard of living falls apart. On top of that, what the lockdowns has showed us is that many jobs are not actually needed for having a functioning society.