[ShrigmaMale]

why'd this get downvoted? at least some of the countries there have populations who are vastly less values-compatible with Good Things we believe in. ceteris paribus we should expect more good from the marginal person being born in Europe or the Americas rather than the global south or many parts of Asia. most of the countries in those areas who are friendly to America and our principles have declining birthrates too so we should exclude those and hope they continue to grow. we also want to ensure that America remains the 800lb gorilla in terms of both military and economic power and population growth is a pretty good way to do that.

[rfrey]

Because it's just generalizing based on "not Europe or North America == Third World == families with 10 babies". When in reality the world is a complicated and diverse place. Africa has a population density of 49/km2, India is 490/km2. Lumping them together indicates reductive thought.