We too were caught up in Thomas Malthus poulation theory and the popular book the "Population Bomb" idea drawn from forcasting based upon the math. This song criticizes the tyranny of intellectual projects based upon simplistic science to be imposed by tyranny. "Messiah" here is of course sarcastic. The new scientific tyrant, ready to solve the population problem by abortion and infanticide, is in a dialogue with the people, who respond, "We are not your friends...etc., and finally eat the tyrant. It is a criticism of "philosophic" rule, philosophy concieved as modern science.
We too were caught up in Thomas Malthus poulation theory and the popular book the "Population Bomb" idea drawn from forcasting based upon the math. This song criticizes the tyranny of intellectual projects based upon simplistic science to be imposed by tyranny. "Messiah" here is of course sarcastic. The new scientific tyrant, ready to solve the population problem by abortion and infanticide, is in a dialogue with the people, who respond, "We are not your friends...etc., and finally eat the tyrant. It is a criticism of "philosophic" rule, philosophy concieved as modern science.