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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 03:22:35 JST Charlie Stross

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   • Hannu Ikonen, MD

   @sidereal @hannu_ikonen Ehrlich's "The Population Bomb" (1968) has a lot to answer for: it predicted mass famine by the 1970s, completely missing Borlaug's green revolution and the phase 4 demographic transition. But it was immensely influential, spreading baseless fear and alarm in a way calculated to inspire elite panic.

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     sidereal (sidereal@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 03:22:36 JST sidereal

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     @hannu_ikonen Yep, I really think our current covid ideology is a result of the normalization of Malthusianism (“the earth is overpopulated”) throughout our society. Now a lot of the ruling class truly believes the earth generally, and the US locally, are overpopulated. It really feels like they want people to die.

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     Hannu Ikonen, MD (hannu_ikonen@med-mastodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 03:22:37 JST Hannu Ikonen, MD

     I can only conclude that the CDC is seeking to thin the herd and kill off immunocompromised & elderly and a large percentage of otherwise vulnerable people.

     So, on brand for how CDC was depicted by AIDS advocates.

     Always listen to the advocates/activists.

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