785 - Μαλθουσιανισμὸς ἤ συνωμοσιολογία;

Ὁ Μάλθους

 

785 - Μαλθουσιανισμὸς ἤ συνωμοσιολογία;

Οἱ στῆλες τῆς ἀμερικανικῆς πολιτείας τῆς Γεωργίας ἐπιζητοῦν ξεκάθαρα μαλθουσιανισμό, μὲ δραματικὴ μείωσι τοῦ παγκοσμίου πληθυσμοῦ, στὰ ὄρια μάλιστα τῶν 500.000 κατοίκων! Τὸ πέρνομε στὰ σοβαρά; Φαίνεται δυσκόλως πιστευτό. Ἐντάσσεται στὴν κατηγορία τῆς συνωμοσίας ἤ εἶναι ἕνα ἀστεῖο; Πάντως ἀπὸ τὴν ἐποχὴ τοῦ Μάλθους, μετὰ τὴν αἰσιοδοξία τῆς ἐπεκτάσεως τοῦ καπιταλιστικοῦ κέρδους, τοῦ Ἄνταμ Σμίθ, χωρὶς κυβερνητικὴ ἐπέμβασι, μία κρυάδα συνέλαβε τοὺς βιομηχάνους. Ὁ πολλαπλασιασμὸς τῶν ἐργατῶν σὲ συνθῆκες ἄκρας ἐκμεταλλεύσεως μὲ μισθοὺς πείνας, ἔφερνε ἀναποφεύκτως πολιτικὲς ἀπεργεῖες καὶ σοσιαλισμό. Ὁ Μάλθους ἐξήγγειλε λοιπὸν τὸν ἔλεγχο τῶν ἐργατῶν μέσῳ δραματικῆς μειώσεως τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ των.

Ο Μάλθους, θεωρούσε ότι τα φτωχότερα στρώματα, καλό ήταν να παντρεύονται σε μεγάλη ηλικία, ώστε να περιορίζεται η σεξουαλική του δραστηριότητα, το οποίο θα οδηγούσε σε λιγότερους απογόνους και, κατ' επέκταση, σε μείωση του πληθυσμού.

According to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University, the global coronavirus tally has reached 200 million worldwide, while the death toll from the pandemic has topped 4.26 million.

          Berlin witnessed chaotic scenes and violent brawls on Sunday as riot police sought to forcefully disperse anti-lockdown rallies that had been banned by authorities, after thousands took to the streets of the German capital.

Coronavirus skeptics once again gathered in the center of the German capital despite the fact that the German authorities had banned as many as 16 protests by opponents of Covid-19 restrictions.

Some 5,000 people on Sunday joined several "spontaneous" demonstrations in various parts of the city, according to police estimates. Earlier, the organizers of just one such demonstration, which was eventually banned, said that it might be attended by as many as 22,000 people.

Ποῖοι ἐπωφελοῦνται ἀπὸ τὴν πανδημία; Ὁ καπιταλισμὸς στὸ πλέον ἐξοργιστικό του πρόσωπο:

          Pfizer has reportedly raised the price of its Covid vaccine dose by a quarter, with Moderna also ramping up the price in its latest deal with the European Union. The two are making tens of billions of dollars in pandemic profits.

According to the Financial Times, which has seen contracts between the two pharmaceutical companies and the EU, Pfizer's latest price for one vaccine dose was €19.50, or around $23 – up by four euro from the previous unit price of €15.50 euro.

Meanwhile, Moderna's latest price is around €21.50 ($25.50) per dose, up from the previous price of €19 ($22.60). Despite this, the Moderna price is still lower than previously expected – $28.50 – because of the EU purchasing more doses.