I read the ending differently - it's got two distinct parts. The first is a warning on populism - it falls apart quickly in the face of reality. Promising easy

I read the ending differently - it's got two distinct parts. The first is a warning on populism - it falls apart quickly in the face of reality. Promising easy solutions to hard problems. The other is the Malthusian trap (explicitly nodded to with the "Hail Malthus") line.