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thanos: there are too many people. people will always beget people until there are too many people. only a cycle of cleansing destruction will s—

virtually any heterodox economist: my friend, i have important news about crop yields and productivity rates relative to per-capita resource consumption to share with you.

thanos: oh, ok. i do see your data, and it does make sense. seems this “malthus” was full of shit all along!

thanos: might as well use this gauntlet to end capitalism 🤷♀️