Meanwhile, the older civilizations are modernizing, have to some degree already assimilated Western technology and politics. However, class privilege, ethnic conflict and the practical economic aspects of limiting corruption remain problems, even in the West. Some fundamentalist ethics, based on religious documents written during the agricultural era, make birth control and abortion immoral. Objective scientific analysis suggests over population will stress many parts of the world. This very basic issue, on whether and how to stabilize population, puts religious and scientific perspectives on morality into conflict.
Overpopulation leads to two other ecological problems, lack of resources, and pollution.
Overpopulation, lack of resources and pollution result in economic and life style problems. The pursuit of happiness becomes difficult. Economic difficulties in an Agricultural Era mind pattern lead to ethnic troubles. Ethnic or religious groups traditionally repressed are repressed more. Ethnic problems lead to violence.