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by korantu 1724 days ago
Not the original comment author, but will try and offer a clarification:

Malthus [1] was of opinion that humanity growth/wellbeing is bound to be curbed by wars/famines due to limits of resources.

He was mostly correct up until industrial revolution.

There are, though, people who still subscribe to Malthus idea of impending doom.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Robert_Malthus