It's not clear that war provides a population check. World populattion went from 2.3 billion in 1940 to 2.5 billion in 1950 despite WWII. Napoleon liked to point out that one night of passion in Paris would yield enough future soldiers to cancel out his losses in a given battle.
It's not clear that war provides a population check. World populattion went from 2.3 billion in 1940 to 2.5 billion in 1950 despite WWII. Napoleon liked to point out that one night of passion in Paris would yield enough future soldiers to cancel out his losses in a given battle.