Population

Dad has his own view of population and population controls. His statements weren't in this order. I'm grouping them to make more sense. Each statement was made over and over, always in a different order.

"Europe was very populated. That's why Europeans came to America. That was true of them." "Now European population is stable. It isn't growing. Everyone in Europe has 2 kids to reproduce themselves. That is true of them."

"Once America was not very populated. People had lots of kids to fill up America. That was true of them." "My grandparents had lots of kids. Big Mama and Little Papa had 12 kids. That was true of them." "They wanted a lot of kids to help on the farm. People who lived in the city did not have as many kids. That was true of them." "Little Papa lived on the farm until he grew old. Then he sold the farm and lived with my mother because he didn't have social security. That was true of him." "Then he lived with my aunt in Arizona. He had a dozen kids so he could live with them when he grew old since he didn't have social security. That was true of him."

"My other grandparents had seven children. Then America got more populated. My parents had 3 kids. That was true of them."

"America is too populated, that's why people can't have more than 2 kids. Everyone wants to reproduce themselves, so they have 2 kids. Some people can't have any kids, that's why other people can have 3 kids. That's why my parents had 3 kids. That was true of them."

"My brother had 2 kids, a boy and a girl. I had 2 kids, a boy and a girl. Then we stopped having kids. We declined to have any more kids. That was true of us." "Everyone wants 2 kids, a boy and a girl. But some people can't have any kids, that's why some people can have 3 kids."

And on, and on, and on...