“No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means.”
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Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.
Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society. It follows that any choice and decision with regard to the size of the family must irrevocably rest with the family itself, and cannot be made by anyone else.
In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.