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I think we can just kiss goodbye the hope that the world's population growth will be curbed anytime soon...

• virmundi 13y ago
  You're forgetting war. If countries do, indeed, go at each other for resources, the overly populated country can just throw bodies at the problem until they win. Look at the USA's wars. North v South, huge losses on the North side compared to the South. North won because of more bodies. US v Germany (both WW's), US lost millions more than German. Throw dough boys at them until they run out of bullets. China can do that in spades, especially against smaller countries like Japan. Or the Koreans. Or the Taiwanese. The end result is China significantly reduced its surplus population, leave behind land, commerce centers, and getting spoils. Win-win for them since they don't really seem to care about the human cost.