Overpopulation?

Overpopulation is a serious issue today in the world. Many countries such as China have rules regarding number of children per family which would probably help the overpopulation issue but seems like a pretty communist thing to do which probably wouldn't go over well in America. Also that seems as though it would breed dissent among the population. My solution to this problem is very simple. I would do nothing. First off I don't believe the government should intervene in matters such as this. That could lead to a totalitarian society in which many more things were controlled. Though this outcome is probably not very likely it still is important as a principle. Also the more people there are on earth the more conflict there will be and therefore more wars will be waged and more people will die balancing out the amount of Births. Overpopulation should only be ended through a desicision made by everyone on their own. It will recquire a change in our society, but not in our principles.