| | [[File:Allen William Thurman.jpg|thumb|right|250px|An advocate of population control in the 1910s was bigoted [[Ohio]] eugenicist [[Allen W. Thurman]],<ref>September 26, 1912. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/09/26/100549905.pdf Predicting Ohio's Bankruptcy]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 8, 2021.</ref> the son of [[white supremacist]] [[U.S.]] Senator [[Allen G. Thurman]].]] | | [[File:Allen William Thurman.jpg|thumb|right|250px|An advocate of population control in the 1910s was bigoted [[Ohio]] eugenicist [[Allen W. Thurman]],<ref>September 26, 1912. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/09/26/100549905.pdf Predicting Ohio's Bankruptcy]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 8, 2021.</ref> the son of [[white supremacist]] [[U.S.]] Senator [[Allen G. Thurman]].]] |
| − | '''Population control''' means reducing the human population of the earth, in favor of other species or to promote political or ideological goals (see [[eugenics]]).<ref>McManus, John F. (November 23, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/34121-the-deadly-plans-of-population-controllers The Deadly Plans of Population Controllers]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 23, 2019.</ref> Population control is based on [[pseudoscience]] and ill-founded [[economics|economic]] assumptions,<ref>Egnor, Michael (November 30, 2010). [http://www.evolutionnews.org/2010/11/pz_myers_on_abortion040971.html "P. Z. Myers on abortion"]. Evolution News and Views website/Culture and ethics news.</ref> along with radical left-wing [[environmentalism]].<ref>Murphy, James (September 23, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/33494-population-control-is-the-ultimate-goal-of-the-climate-change-cult Population Control Is the Ultimate Goal of the Climate-change Cult]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 23, 2019.</ref><ref>Murphy, James (November 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/33960-scientists-the-world-population-must-be-stabilized-in-order-to-combat-climate-crisis Scientists: “The World Population Must Be Stabilized” in Order to Combat “Climate Crisis”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 6, 2019.</ref> '''''Population control is an example of flawed [[scientism]] and [[materialism]]'''''. | + | '''Population control''' means reducing the human population of the earth, in favor of other species or to promote political or ideological goals (see [[eugenics]]).<ref>McManus, John F. (November 23, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/34121-the-deadly-plans-of-population-controllers The Deadly Plans of Population Controllers]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 23, 2019.</ref> Population control is based on [[pseudoscience]] and ill-founded [[economics|economic]] assumptions,<ref>Egnor, Michael (November 30, 2010). [http://www.evolutionnews.org/2010/11/pz_myers_on_abortion040971.html "P. Z. Myers on abortion"]. Evolution News and Views website/Culture and ethics news.</ref> along with radical [[Leftist|left-wing]] [[environmentalism]].<ref>Murphy, James (September 23, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/33494-population-control-is-the-ultimate-goal-of-the-climate-change-cult Population Control Is the Ultimate Goal of the Climate-change Cult]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 23, 2019.</ref><ref>Murphy, James (November 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/33960-scientists-the-world-population-must-be-stabilized-in-order-to-combat-climate-crisis Scientists: “The World Population Must Be Stabilized” in Order to Combat “Climate Crisis”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 6, 2019.</ref> '''''Population control is an example of flawed [[scientism]] and [[materialism]]'''''. |
| | For some [[Anti-Natalism|unexplained reason]], population control becomes an obsession of ultra-wealthy liberals. Perhaps their love of money requires them to dislike people, or anything other than money. Similarly, higher education inherently favors population control, as raising children is contrary to the elitist, [[pro-abortion]] mindset of most professors. "The negative correlation between female schooling and fertility is strong"<ref>chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://wol.iza.org/uploads/articles/228/pdfs/female-education-and-its-impact-on-fertility.pdf</ref> and "college attendance postpones and decreases overall fertility."<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3449224/</ref> | | For some [[Anti-Natalism|unexplained reason]], population control becomes an obsession of ultra-wealthy liberals. Perhaps their love of money requires them to dislike people, or anything other than money. Similarly, higher education inherently favors population control, as raising children is contrary to the elitist, [[pro-abortion]] mindset of most professors. "The negative correlation between female schooling and fertility is strong"<ref>chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://wol.iza.org/uploads/articles/228/pdfs/female-education-and-its-impact-on-fertility.pdf</ref> and "college attendance postpones and decreases overall fertility."<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3449224/</ref> |