Malthusian Whiplash as Overpopulation Fears Ebb
Today we are worrying about population decline in many countries — and diabetes has supplanted starvation as a scourge.
By THEODORE DALRYMPLE
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Mr. Dalrymple, born in 1949, is a retired doctor who spent many years working in prison. He has written many books, the latest being ‘Ramses: A Memoir’ and ‘The Wheelchair and Other Stories.’ He lives between Britain and France.
Today we are worrying about population decline in many countries — and diabetes has supplanted starvation as a scourge.
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‘Tu quoque’ — you also — has always been a favorite rhetorical device of those who are not quite certain of their own innocence or moral probity.
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It is better to have suffered oppression by proxy than not to have suffered it at all.
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What does that mean for the rest of us?
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Our correspondent has come down with an inability to suppress a smile.
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This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
By THEODORE DALRYMPLE
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This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
By THEODORE DALRYMPLE
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