Malthus

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also news from Brazil:

Gangs in the Rio de Janeiro favelas have enforced a lockdown from 8pm tonight. The statement reads: "If the government won't do the right thing, organised crime will" @AndrewCesare

@primalpoly

Malthus drew two main conclusions. The first conclusion was that population was kept in check by certain positive checks; namely famine, disease ('pestilence') and war. The second was that, whenever these checks were not in operation, population growth would ensure that a growing supply of labour would keep wages at absolute subsistence levels. Indeed, anything that raised the living standards of the poor would be eroded by population growth. For Malthus in 1798, life for the masses was a somewhat futile competitive struggle. Malthus' essay was the principal inspiration for Charles Darwin's theory of competitive selection. - Coronavirus – A Malthusian Event?