"Bernard Shaw on "The Population Question

This excerpt from the writings of George Bernard Shaw speaks of divisions of income and of labor. He is concerned with the problem of overpopulation and limited natural resources. He also speaks of controlling population by war pestilence and poverty; artificial birth control is another way of limiting population. The latter is the best method despite the Churchs opposition to artificial birth control. Shaw abhors this method himself but there is no other humane and civilized solution to the population problem. Nature could take the problem off our hands. The metaphor of a boat in mid ocean containing 10 castaways is used to heap scorn on the notion of unbridled parental sovereignty in matters of reproduction especially when the ferryman attempts to add another 2 passengers to the already overcrowded vessel. Shaw sees the question of how many people it is desirable to have in a country as valid for discussion

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