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by vanusa 1595 days ago
There's so many of us
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This was ultimately the reason given for the ancient Trojan war. That Zeus was upset that there were so many people in the world. That is in fact the true meaning of Odysseus’ name. the “child of anger”, given by his uncle for this very reason “too many people in the world!”
And so it goes through the ages. I dropped it in there because it's the famous refrain from the 1982 Fear hit Let's Have a War:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUxkFCBPgx4

Which seems to find new relevance in the current moment.