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Rondelet: Reduce the Size and Population of the State

Rondelet: "Reduce the size and population of the state." "Ensure that even though the people have tools of war (...) they will not use them (...) they will be reluctant to move to distant places because they look on death as no light matter. (...) Bring it about that the people will (...) find relish in their food And beauty in their clothes, Will be content in their abode And happy in the way they live." Tao Te Ching, LXXX. Transl. by D. C. Lau. (Penguin Books). Population Cut sex: immigration will stop Population Well almost: miscegenation Humans put sex at utmost top: Aids herpes chlamydia crop up Population (c) T. Wignesan - Paris, 2012

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