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to more suffering and more deaths, to war, and to chaos.
Nonfe of this is new, but the number of people involved is new.
Who, then, are the moral—those who advocate steps that will decelerate population growth, or those who advocate steps that will encourage population growth?
A moratorium on assistance will not abandon the developing world of Asia, Africa and Latin America to a' future without resources. We sometimes forget that the world consists of independent nations that possess convictions of their own and the ability to order their priorities on how to spend their money. Every year they spend, for instance, $28 billion on armaments. We may not think this makes much sense, but it is their decision.
Might not declaring a moratorium on assistance be the alarm signal that would alert the leadership of such countries to the necessity for different decisions?
For too long, we have tried to solve the food crisis without trying to solve the problem which causes it. Confusing the effect with the cause, we have been told to tighten our belts, and "asceticize" our diets, so that more food could be shipped to the world's hungry. None of the variations on this theme deal with the cause of the crisis: runaway population growth.
Whether your most urgent concern is peace, freedom, the food supply, civil liberties, the environment or social justice, it's a lost cause unless the population of the world is stabilized. We share these concerns, and all are compelling reasons why population stabilization is essential.
If you have a better solution, tell us. Tell us how you would solve the problem.
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