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| Isaac Asimov |
In 1976, at
the peak of the pessimistic forecasts about the catastrophic rise in global
population, foreseen by the first report of the Club of Rome (1972), Isaac
Asimov published a science fiction short story (The
winnowing), which suggested a (highly unethical) way to stop
this catastrophic increase in population. This is the summary of the story:
In 2005, the unstoppable population growth causes famine
in the third world countries. To contain it, the world
authorities (the UN), controlled by the developed world, decide to apply a
triage to the world population. To do this, a scientist (who does not want to
do it, but is threatened with reprisals against his family) is ordered to
develop a protein, poisonous for 70% of the population, but harmless for the remainder,
depending on each individual DNA, so that its effects will be dramatic, but
random. The protein will be introduced in the food sent to alleviate famines, so
as to bring the world population down to more manageable levels. The project is
not applied exactly as planned, because the biologist who must develop the
protein gives it to eat to the world leaders without their knowing, so that 70%
of them will die. As the protein has been adapted to the scientist’s DNA, by
eating it he commits suicide, thus escaping the consequences of what he has
done.
Forty years
after the publication of Asimov’s story, things do not look so pessimistic. See
a
previous article in this blog and the book Word Population: Past, Present and
Future, which collects several papers on the subject by myself, Julio A.
Gonzalo and Félix-Fernando Muñoz. However, the United Nations, dominated by
First World countries (the United States and the European Union) appear to be
in the middle of a conspiracy to reduce the world's population, not too
different from Asimov’s story, although using means less clumsy. These means
act simultaneously on the two variables that influence the global population
(birth and death rates). They are the following:
- By promoting induced abortions worldwide, pressuring countries
where it is not yet legal to recognize it as a human right, and forcing
doctors to perform them, regardless of conscientious objection. In this
line, they are planning to force medical students to perform abortions as a
prerequisite for getting their degree. In those countries where it is
legal, about one every six pregnancies end in abortion.
- By promoting homosexuality worldwide. In this line, a new
senior UN ombudsman for LGBT issues has been created, whose mission is
not limited to investigate violence against homosexuals, but also to promoting
the LGBT agenda in the countries where it is not yet considered as a right.
Of course, the more homosexuality spreads, the more the number of births
will decrease.
- Advance little by little towards the
social approval of euthanasia as a means to eliminate the elderly,
who produce little and consume many resources through their pensions and
health care. In contrast to the previous two procedures, which work by
reducing the birth rate, this third measure, which still plays a small
role, will act by increasing the other variable, death rate.
As the
Catholic Church remains firm in the defense of human dignity and human rights,
and openly opposes these three measures, it has become the enemy to be beaten.
If this worldwide conspiracy were to prevail, there would probably be a global
persecution against Catholics who remain faithful to their Church and are not won
over by the dominant ideology. It would not surprise me if being a Catholic may
one day become a sufficient reason for the application of euthanasia, as
predicted by Robert Hugh Benson in his novel Lord of
the World (1907).
So far,
despite the continuing efforts of the First World countries, they have failed
to impose their agenda, thanks to the opposition of Muslim and African countries,
and Russia. But permanent pressure is starting to make effect, and there are
worrying signs that they may win, in a more or less near future.
Manuel Alfonseca
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