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by HappyDreamer 2128 days ago
Thanks for the detailed reply!

One more thing comes to my mind: Overpopulation. Number of people growing faster than what hospitals and universities etc can be created?

And from what I've read elsewhere, the things you mentioned: health care, safe food supply, and education, is a good way to handle the problem with overpopulation -- since when people know there's a basic safety net, with health care and food, there's no need to have many children who can help out, when one is old.

> If that sounds like a ridiculously low bar

Yes and I'm actually a bit surprised. And now I understand better why good health care & anti-poverty things are that important for handling malaria