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> As populations rise the net general standard of living goes up, not down. For source, check out all developed nations over the last 200 years, and human history to date.

Are we ignoring all the human history involving societies that collapsed or went through ecological and/or violent struggles?

Pre-plague Britain had terrible living conditions and over population. Living conditions for the survivors immediately rose after a huge chunk of the population was removed. Other civilizations that were overpopulated had huge amounts of population move to greener pastures, such as the Saxons.