Bertrand Russell (1872- 1970) was a renowned British philosopher and mathematician who was an adamant internationalist. In his book "The Impact of Science on Society" (1952) he describes a variety of methods that could be (and have been) used to reduce the world population. Here are some excerpts from his book:
[indent][quote name="Bertrand Russell"]There are three ways of securing a society that shall be stable as regards population. The first is that of birth control, the second that of infanticide or really destructive wars, and third that of general misery except for a powerful minority.[/quote]
[/indent][indent][quote name="Bertrand Russell"]... a scientific world society cannot be stable unless there is a world government ... unless there is a world government which secures universal birth control, there must from time to time be great wars, in which the penalty of defeat is widespread death by starvation ...[/quote]
[/indent][indent][quote name="Bertrand Russell"]To deal with this problem [increasing population and decreasing food supplies] it will be necessary to find ways of preventing an increase in world population. If this is to be done otherwise than by wars, pestilence, and famines, it will demand a powerful international authority. This authority should deal out the world's food to the various nations in proportion to their population at the time of the establishment of the authority.[/quote]
[/indent][indent][quote name="Bertrand Russell"]If raw materials are not to be used up too fast, there must not be free competition for their acquisition and use but an international authority to ration them ...[/quote]
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Bertrand Russell was a Nobel Laureate in literature.
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[indent][quote name="Bertrand Russell"]There are three ways of securing a society that shall be stable as regards population. The first is that of birth control, the second that of infanticide or really destructive wars, and third that of general misery except for a powerful minority.[/quote]
[/indent][indent][quote name="Bertrand Russell"]... a scientific world society cannot be stable unless there is a world government ... unless there is a world government which secures universal birth control, there must from time to time be great wars, in which the penalty of defeat is widespread death by starvation ...[/quote]
[/indent][indent][quote name="Bertrand Russell"]To deal with this problem [increasing population and decreasing food supplies] it will be necessary to find ways of preventing an increase in world population. If this is to be done otherwise than by wars, pestilence, and famines, it will demand a powerful international authority. This authority should deal out the world's food to the various nations in proportion to their population at the time of the establishment of the authority.[/quote]
[/indent][indent][quote name="Bertrand Russell"]If raw materials are not to be used up too fast, there must not be free competition for their acquisition and use but an international authority to ration them ...[/quote]
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Bertrand Russell was a Nobel Laureate in literature.
In more recent times, Obama got a Nobel prize for peace. <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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