Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.
An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.
Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution.
A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero.
But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling for a redefinition of property rights.
The optimum population is, then, less than the maximum.
