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Originally Posted by wulfgar
Well take one instance. I recall back in the 1970's Syria having a population of 6 to 7 million. Today it is around 22 million or more, all stuffed into an area about the size of the fertile corner of South Australia and has reduced itself to armed gangs fighting each other. If the world had the population of a century ago, I doubt we'd be seeing anything like the degree of conflict or a world that is steadily marching to a 3rd World War in a generation or two.
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Er, - not wishing to point out the obvious, but pretty much spot on a century ago, weren't they marching towards the first world war?
Just a thought
