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Putting an end to the population explosion will not of itself save the ecosphere, but not ending it will add greatly to the dangers the planet faces. The environment can sustain a quality of life for just so many people.

— Michael Parenti Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism (1997)

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The slums are not the problem, they are the solution; they are the way capitalism deals with the surplus people of a market economy.

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How one gained power by fighting for the rights of powerless groups was never explained.

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Through all this, one seldom actually hears from the “politically correct” people who supposedly dominate the universe of discourse.

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For all their faults and shortcomings, the people are all we have.

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