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Re:The Limits to Growth–Now Available to Read Online by Jtsummers on Saturday December 23, 2023 @11:40PM (#38751190)
How so?
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Re:The Limits to Growth–Now Available to Read Online by archiemckenzie on Sunday December 24, 2023 @04:50AM (#38752413)
See my other comment:

The Limits to Growth (the linked text) led directly to the one-child policy in China and forced sterilization in India. Its supposedly scientific recommendations were adopted by the UN, the World Bank, western aid organizations, and the governments of those countries, with evil consequences.

Further reading:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1506469.stm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-30040790

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