Editing Malthusianism (section)

=== 1974 "Kissinger Report" ===
While Planned Parenthood's agenda of eugenics and genocide was chilling in itself, this Malthusianism in general takes on a whole new light when we look at this report, which clearly lays out "population control" as a tool of the American elites to maintain control over the globe. In 1974, [[Richard Nixon|President Nixon]] ordered war criminal [[Henry Kissinger]] and the NSC to undertake a study on the "implications of worldwide population growth for U.S. security and national interests", specifically on the international political and economic implications rather than its ecological, etc. implications. It was finished later in 1974, and was then adopted in a modified form as policy under [[Gerald Ford|President Ford]].  

The report first establishes a relation between population growth and "instability" in a country. By "instability" the report, in reality, mostly means an unfavorable environment for U.S. business interests, and people of the country growing tired of having their natural and human resources exploited by multinational corporations while their needs are barely met: <blockquote>The important potential linkage between rapid population growth and minerals availability is indirect rather than direct. It flows from the negative effects of excessive population growth in economic development and social progress, and therefore on internal stability, in overcrowded under-developed countries. The United States has become increasingly dependent on mineral imports from developing countries in recent decades, and this trend is likely to continue. The location of known reserves of higher-grade ores of most minerals favors increasing dependence of all industrialized regions on imports from less developed countries. The real problems of mineral supplies lie, not in basic physical sufficiency, but in the politico-economic issues of access, terms for exploration and exploitation, and division of the benefits among producers, consumers, and host country governments. </blockquote><blockquote>In the extreme cases where population pressures lead to endemic famine, food riots, and breakdown of social order, those conditions are scarcely conducive to systematic exploration for mineral deposits or the long-term investments required for their exploitation. Short of famine, unless some minimum of popular aspirations for material improvement can be satisfied, and unless the terms of access and exploitation persuade governments and peoples that this aspect of the international economic order has "something in it for them," concessions to foreign companies are likely to be expropriated or subjected to arbitrary intervention. '''Whether through government action, labor conflicts, sabotage, or civil disturbance, the smooth flow of needed materials will be jeopardized. Although population pressure is obviously not the only factor involved, these types of frustrations are much less likely under conditions of slow or zero population growth.'''</blockquote> <blockquote>...Whatever may be done to guard against interruptions of supply and to develop domestic alternatives, the U.S. economy will require large and increasing amounts of minerals from abroad, especially from less developed countries. '''That fact gives the U.S. enhanced interest in the political, economic, and social stability of the supplying countries. Wherever a lessening of population pressures through reduced birth rates can increase the prospects for such stability, population policy becomes relevant to resource supplies and to the economic interests of the United States.'''<ref>https://www.population-security.org/28-APP2A.html#III</ref> </blockquote><blockquote>The young people, who are in much higher proportions in many LDCs, are likely to be more volatile, unstable, prone to extremes, alienation and violence than an older population. '''These young people can more readily be persuaded to attack the legal institutions of the government or real property of the "establishment," "imperialists," multinational corporations, or other -- often foreign -- influences blamed for their troubles.'''<ref>https://www.population-security.org/28-APP2A.html#V</ref></blockquote>It then lays out how the U.S. government could push for lower population growth in these countries. Some of the most concerning strategies recommended are "''Concentrating on the education and '''indoctrination of the rising generation of children regarding the desirability of smaller family size'''.''", especially girls and women, making access to contraception and abortion easier for all, stating that "''No country has reduced its population growth without resorting to abortion.''", and utilizing mass media to push "family planning" propaganda<ref>https://www.population-security.org/28-APP2B.html</ref>.<blockquote></blockquote>