“[P]opulation, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every twenty-five years, or increases in a geometrical ratio. ... [T]he means of subsistence, under circumstances the most favorable to human industry, could not possibly be made to increase faster than in an arithmetical ratio.” YearsHumansMeanMadeScienceFiveFoodGoes OnIndustryCircumstancesIncreaseTwentiesFasterFive YearsTwenty FiveRatiosSubsistence Author:Thomas Malthus
“The time is coming when the pressure of population on the means of subsistence will be felt here as it is now felt in Europe and Asia. Then will the world enter upon a new stage of its history - the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled.” WorldMeanFeltRaceStageEuropePressureCompetitionFinalsPopulationAsiaSchooledSubsistenceAnglo Saxon Book:The New Era: Or, The Coming Kingdom Source: The New Era: Or, The Coming Kingdom
“If this labourer were in possession of his own means of production, and was satisfied to live as a labourer, he need not work beyond beyond the time necessary for the reproduction of his means of subsistence, say 8 hours a day.” IfsNeedsMeanHoursProductionsPossessionSatisfiedReproductionSubsistenceLabourers Book:The Essential Marx Source: The Essential Marx
“The bourgeoisie's weapon is starvation. If as a writer or artist you run counter to their narrow notions they simplyand silently withdraw your means of subsistence. I sometimes wonder how many people of talent are executed in this way every year.” PeopleIfsWayYearsMeanSometimesRunningArtistWonderTalentWeaponsNotionStarvationBourgeoisieSubsistence Author:Robert Louis Stevenson