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I always wondered about this after an experiment we did in school many many years ago where we were asked how far back we had to go to be able to prevent society's current problems, everything from poverty to class warfare to polarized politics. It always seemed to boil down to an overpopulation problem. Granted, it was just a school experiment, but basically Thanos was right since you can't really double resources but you can have too many people.
People were poorer when they were less of us.
I always am wary of a solution to every problem or a cause behind all effects because I don't see it ever being the case. Civilization is emergent not intentional, it would be shocking if it didn't she problems.