Brian refused to donate money to the Somali famine relief fund. When asked why he was so miserly, his response was that famines and pestilence were nature's way of controlling population growth since people wouldn't take responsibility for the number of children they were producing. Brian's point of view reflects the perspective of which of the following?

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Brian's viewpoint aligns with Thomas Malthus's perspective, which posited that population growth would always outpace food supply, leading to natural checks such as famine and disease to control population size.

Brian Refused to Donate Money to the Somali Famine Relief