The transition of capitalism from its historically progressive phase, in relation to feudalism, to its current phase of historical obsolescence demanded also an ideological transformation. It is therefore no surprise that the apologists of the ruling class today so adore that “ bought advocate, a pleader on behalf of their enemies, a shameless sycophant of the ruling classes”, parson Malthus. This whole exercise requires a shameful degree of intellectual dishonesty. The purpose of this mystification is to hide the fact that it is the obsolescence of capitalism that threatens humanity with war and ecological destruction, and thus to protect the privileges of the capitalist class and its parasitic existence. A real problem – the destruction of the natural environment upon which the existence of humanity depends – is thus explained in a mystified manner, that the human population as a whole bears equal responsibility.
sufficient purchasing power to obtain the necessities of dignified existence such as food and electricity) of sections of the proletariat of the developed world places an unsustainable strain on the biosphere and threatens the long-term survival of the species. It is being used to justify the imposition of austerity measures on the grounds that the “comfortable” standard of living ( i.e.
In recent years there has been a revival of a neo-Malthusian ideology, which serves the ruling class as weapon against the proletariat.
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