a belief that primitive societies would be idyllic?
Fester,
According to the guilt industry that's exactly how it was here.

Indonesia, what is its population, how big is it [land area] compared to Australia
Should we try to match its population numbers here
Would our lifestyle drop, would theirs improve with less people
Population had historic times that saw growth start
The industrial revolution saw many leave the farms to work in factory's coal mines and much more
Children worked,just to eat
Explain to me how would we feed for ever and ever growing population, what are the advantages of more people
Some parts [soon to be all] of the world are over populated and we will one day, try to stop that growth

Dear Belly,

I think the answer you are looking for is cannibalism.

Did you see the movie The Road? Pretty scary.

Belly,

Can you contemplate the possibility that, in relation to Indonesia's population and size, you have it arse-about ? That Java has a huge population because it is extremely fertile and, with its tropical climate, it can have two and three crops each year ? That population follows productivity ?

No, of course you can't. Do you think that Indonesians, being less bright than you by far, mindlessly live and work in Java because they haven't the sense to go somewhere else, like Kalimantan, where there is more land ? That they need advice from geniuses like you ?

And that isn't racism ?

Joe

So I am a racist and a bigot
In good company with that brave young girl who told that UN meeting what she thought
Never the less not one word not only from me but most [well Mr O] ABOUT KILLING THOSE DEEMED TO BE OVER POPULATION
In fact no thought even exists other than a FAIR DISTRIBUTION world wide, equality every one by the same rules
For a birth control system that would take 50 or 100 years to bring the population down to?
A not yet known number

Hey Belly,

According to internet world stats the total world population
has risen by 25.6% from 2000 to 2019, and the total world population growth predicted
by 2050 is - 9,374,484.225. One quarter of the world's
mammal species are threatened with extinction.
Temperatures will increase by 1.4C to 5.8C over the next
100 years. Today we desperately need to seek solutions to
climate change, water scarcity, pollution, over population,
and Third World poverty if true sustainability is to be
achieved.

Or we can do nothing - 'çause we won't be around.
I mean why panic - right?

Where there's smoke, there's jobs. So who cares.