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The Population Bomb

If Books Could Kill

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Did This Lead to Any Actual Genocides?

The World Health Organization was really big on population control measures. Bangladesh spent 60% of its own public health budget on population control efforts. A lot of poor countries got roped into this because they were run by nasty dictators at the time. The US, there's actually quite a bit of debate of like how much the US knew and didn't step in to stop it.

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