It’s one of the oldest tricks in the book for elites who think they know better than everyone else: population control. From Malthusian theories of overpopulation to modern calls for limiting family sizes to save the planet, the obsession of the ruling class with managing how many humans exist is as predictable as it is dangerous. And of course, it’s always framed as “for your own good.”
The logic behind population control is flawed at every level. The claim is that the earth simply can’t sustain the number of people living on it. According to the elites, more people mean fewer resources, more pollution, and ultimately, the collapse of civilization. This doomsday narrative has been recycled for decades. Remember Paul Ehrlich’s The Population Bomb? In 1968, Ehrlich predicted mass starvation by the 1980s unless population growth was curtailed. Spoiler alert: it didn’t happen.
But facts don’t matter when there’s an agenda at play. What the elites really fear isn’t the number of people but the empowerment of people. A growing population means innovation, economic growth, and, dare I say it, freedom. More people mean more ideas, more problem-solving, and more potential for individuals to break free from the control of centralized bureaucracies. The elites can’t have that; it undermines their power.
Consider Bill Gates, a prominent advocate for reducing population growth to combat climate change. Gates himself has said, “The world today has 6.8 billion people… now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent.” That’s not science—it’s social engineering masked as philanthropy.
The irony is glaring. The same crowd pushing population control measures like abortion, sterilization, and contraception for the masses are also the ones flying private jets and living in mega-mansions. The hypocrisy would be laughable if it weren’t so harmful. Elites aren’t living by the rules they set for everyone else. They preach scarcity while hoarding wealth, land, and resources.
The obsession with population control isn’t about saving the planet; it’s about control. It’s about making decisions for other people’s families and futures while insulating themselves from the consequences. Conservatives must reject this top-down authoritarianism disguised as environmental concern. Human beings are not the problem; they are the solution. History has shown us that innovation, creativity, and resilience come from people, not from technocrats dictating how many children you’re allowed to have.
Instead of listening to these ivory-tower doomsayers, America should focus on policies that encourage strong families, promote economic growth, and unleash human potential. The elites are wrong—again. And the sooner we stop letting them dictate the terms of our lives, the better off we’ll be.