Obviously Thanos is Evil. He's also Wrong.

Not only is Thanos, the Marvel Cinematic Universe's most powerful villain, evil... His ideas about overpopulation are bad and he should feel bad.

*LINKS*

The story of Julian Simon and Paul Ehrlich’s bet:
How capitalism defuses the population bomb:
Population controls are ill advised and inhumane:
Can food supply keep up with population growth:

*PODCASTS*

FEEcast: "Why the population bomb will never go boom":
Words & Numbers: "The population boom could save the world":

[nixthelapin]

Thanos killed half of Gamora’s population claiming he saved them. But the first GOTG says that she’s the later survivor of her species. The dude literally destroyed her species.

[Jessie_Helms]

In the case of the MCU, Antman is proof Thanos was objectively wrong.
They were on the verge of discovering infinite energy and healing but the Snap killed everyone who knew how to do it, leaving Scott trapped in the quantum realm.
Thanos is a brute that doesn’t understand anything past high-school level philosophy.

[sonic]

There's one more thing worth mentioning. Gamora was stated in Guardians Of The Galaxy to be the last survivor of her race, even though Thanos claimed that her home world is a "paradise" now.

If it's not a continuity error, then Thanos and his entire idea has clear evidence that his mass murder will only make things so much worse.

[hogohogorokotogo]

It's also frustrating how edgelords in my school instantly were like "he was technically right though", as if human populations behaved exactly the same as an ant population without farming, GMO, engineering, biofuels, wind and solar power and so on and so on that essentially are a limitless source of energy and materials

[valthiriansunstrider]

"All he cared about was proving that he was right, which he wasn't. Thanos was never a brilliant cold-hearted logical humanitarian. He was only ever a big ego, with a big stick, and a dumb plan."

[PaperPatriot]

The point is not that Thanos is right it's we the audience believe that HE believes he's right. That's why he's interesting, that's why he left such an impression, and the fact that there's videos like this popping up all over the place debating the topic is proof of his success as a villain. He challenges our firmly held perspective, forcing us to come to stronger conclusions, that's what villains are for.

[goldenfiberwheat]

Also, many jobs require specialization and thanos killed people with specialization so many important jobs are left unfilled. Thanos caused complete societal collapse

[MultiFortunatus]

To get this stone you must; demonstrate a basic understanding of economics!
Thanos: NOOoooo!

[Andre_APM]

Thanos: a well written character with an understandable motive. Who also has murdered and tortured billions of people. Not to mention a poorly thought out plan.

Duped Fans: Is this a hero?

[Madbunny]

Personally I still think Thanos reason for mass murdering the universe is really just an excuse to woe and impress Lady death from deadpool.

[NotBigSurprise]

"In the 1970s, people will starve to death"
Genetically engineered crops: hold my beans.

[sifilore]

Spoiler here
I saw Endgame and in the battle Thanos said he thought the universe would b grateful for his idea to bring universal balance but they wanted everything back the way it was. This statement proves just how crazy delusional Thanos really is and should b committed.

[DrShaym]

The thing about natural resources is many of them are renewable. So even if our population reaches unsustainable levels, we wouldn't suddenly go extinct from a lack of food. Instead, our population would just drop back down to a level our renewable resources could sustain. The only way a scarcity of resources could result in our extinction would be if we started fighting wars over food or fuel and those wars turned into nuclear exchanges, and even that's a stretch.

[QualityGamingStudios]

I’d also like to point out that the snap also killed half of the plants and animals, making him an even bigger idiot than said here

[icicleditor]

He isn’t called _”The Mad Titan”_ for nothing.

[DoomguyIsGrinningAtYou.]

Scp foundation just lost HALF of its staff. Universe is screwed.

[taliakellegg]

also he assumes everyone is going to share the new found resources but nothing will change there will just be half as many poor people

[PatrixBest]

Great arguments, though I'd like to add that the very idea that the universe could be overpopulated and run out of resources is insanity. The ratio of inhabited planets to uninhabited ones is massive. Our solar system alone contains an unimaginable amount of resources beyond that of Earth.
In the MCU, almost all civilizations are space-faring. If your civilization is capable of easily travelling through space, you will never run out of resources.

[literallyglados]

finally, someone who doesnt believe thanos is right

[litletrickster]

I wish end game would be literally just the avengers giving thanos a lecture on basic economics.