Anti Malthusian Beliefs

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The Malthusians follow the beliefs and studies of Thomas Malthus. He argued that human populations grow geometrically while our ability to produce food increases only arithmetically. In other words, humans multiply like rabbits while our food processing grows much more slowly. The conclusion Malthus reached was that the rising number of people on the planet would eventually use all of the available resources and bring about mass starvation and conflict. Malthus was aware that changes or adaptations would be made to prevent this from happening, at least for a while. Malthus encouraged war, famine, and disease to control the population growth. Anti Malthusians instead supported abstinence or birth control and more humane counteractions.

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