yes, the malthusian cult simply will not die. it feels like some sort of vindication of campbells ideas of universal myths to serve unconscious needs.

it's just the eden story, over and over. once there was a garden and then man went and wrecked it and now we're screwed and must find some way back in.

they never contemplate how AWFUL a world with 99% fewer humans would be. science would stop and recede. so would services, amenities, culture, art, food, and 3,000 other things. who would develop new drugs and surgeries?

they imagine the world of today but with no crowds, but that is NOT what would happen. the technological and societal collapse would be savage.

life would become, once more, nasty, brutish, and short.