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In 2019, [[blackpill]]ed incel forums took part in making fun of Greta Thunberg, a Swedish environmentalist, suggesting a slight anti-environmentalist slant of blackpillers. | In 2019, [[blackpill]]ed incel forums took part in making fun of Greta Thunberg, a Swedish environmentalist, suggesting a slight anti-environmentalist slant of blackpillers. | ||
== History of anti-natalism in environmentalism == | == History of anti-natalism in environmentalism == | ||
In 1968, a Stanford biologist named Paul Ehrlich published the bestselling book The Population Bomb and co-founded the organization Zero Population Growth (later renamed Population Connection), arguing that the growth in global population would lead to famines and ecological crisis. He also suggested that people have no more than two children. | In 1968, a Stanford biologist named Paul Ehrlich published the bestselling book The Population Bomb and co-founded the organization Zero Population Growth (later renamed Population Connection), arguing that the growth in global population would lead to famines and ecological crisis, what is called a {{Wikipedia|Malthusian trap}}. He also suggested that people have no more than two children. | ||
Between 1978 and 1995, [[wikipedia:Ted Kaczynski|Ted Kaczynski]], a young assistant professor at University of California, Berkeley, also known as Unabomber, killed and injured various of his colleges with mail bombs, driven by the conviction that everybody should be adopting his Green anarchism. | Between 1978 and 1995, [[wikipedia:Ted Kaczynski|Ted Kaczynski]], a young assistant professor at University of California, Berkeley, also known as Unabomber, killed and injured various of his colleges with mail bombs, driven by the conviction that everybody should be adopting his Green anarchism. | ||