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"The Cause of War" by Margaret Sanger is about the high birth rate in Germany during World War I. Sanger also states that "behind all war has been the pressure of population. (533)" Sanger wrote this essay to inform the public that "the great crime of imperialistic Germany was its high birth rate (533.)" The audience to the essay is essentially anyone who is against war and overcrowding families, nations, and the earth (533.) The author offers three different policies for a solution in the text: abandon our science and leave the weak and diseased to die, kill them, or continue to overpopulate the earth and allow famines and wars while the earth exists. (533)" Sanger refers to many other famous
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