The Sterile Empire: How the West Was Talked Out of Babies and Into Open Borders

AT Lucas

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You might’ve heard that the world is overpopulated. You probably haven’t heard who decided that—and what they did with the idea.

NSM 200 outlines population controls as a way to secure resources from undeveloped countries.

Before Western nations were talked out of babies, the U.S. government ran the experiment elsewhere. In 1974, a memo known as NSSM-200 declared global population growth—not war, not communism—the greatest threat to U.S. security. But the fix wasn’t military—it was fertility.

NSM 200 was authored by Henry Kissinger. Early life check?

For nearly 50 years, Western societies have been gently (and not so gently) nudged toward one unspoken conclusion: fewer native babies is not just acceptable—it’s virtuous. That message didn’t come from a grassroots movement. It came from classified memos, elite think tanks, and a surprising number of billionaires who really want you to think globally, act sterilely.

Let’s rewind.

Act I: The Memo That Birthed the Modern Population Narrative

NSSM-200 Recommended Population Control Methods

MethodDescriptionStrategic Purpose
Abortion AccessPromote legalization and funding where culturally viableRapid fertility reduction in targeted nations
SterilizationEncourage permanent methods, especially in high-growth areasLong-term control over population numbers
Contraception/IUDsMass distribution and education programsNormalize fertility control without backlash
Delayed MarriagePromote education and economic incentives for late marriageShortens reproductive window, lowers birth rates
Mass Media CampaignsUse NGOs, film, and education to frame small families as idealShift cultural norms without overt coercion

These were not framed as moral questions—they were seen as tools to maintain access to resources and geopolitical leverage.

In 1974, the U.S. National Security Council produced a charming document known as NSSM-200, or more ominously, "The Kissinger Report." The memo’s thesis? Global population growth—especially in resource-rich developing countries—was a threat to U.S. national security.

Specifically, it argued that:

  • Too many people in poor countries = instability
  • Instability = bad for U.S. access to food, minerals, oil
  • Therefore: slow their population growth, by any means necessary (preferably soft power, aid incentives, and media framing)

13 Target Countries of NSSM-200 and Key Resource Relevance

CountryRegionStrategic Resource Interests
IndiaSouth AsiaFood supply, minerals
BangladeshSouth AsiaFertile land, population density
PakistanSouth AsiaPolitical stability, cotton, minerals
NigeriaWest AfricaOil, population growth
MexicoLatin AmericaOil, proximity to U.S., migration flows
IndonesiaSoutheast AsiaOil, tin, strategic shipping lanes
BrazilSouth AmericaAgriculture, minerals, Amazon resources
PhilippinesSoutheast AsiaU.S. military bases, maritime location
ThailandSoutheast AsiaRice exports, regional stability
EgyptNorth AfricaSuez Canal, political influence
TurkeyEurasiaStrategic NATO partner, regional buffer
EthiopiaEast AfricaWater resources (Nile), agriculture
ColombiaSouth AmericaOil, drug trade routes, minerals

This wasn't your average policy paper. It was classified until 1989. Once public, it became clear: population control wasn’t just a humanitarian project—it was geopolitical strategy.

Act II: Exported Policy, Imported Logic

While the memo targeted “Less Developed Countries” (LDCs), the logic didn’t stay offshore.

The same Rockefeller-linked institutions that funded sterilization campaigns in India and IUD drives in Africa also poured billions into:

  • Sex ed programs in U.S. schools ("babies ruin your future")
  • Environmental messaging that equated childbirth with planetary doom
  • Feminist framing that turned family into a prison cell

By the 1980s and 90s, the Western mind was marinated in subtle anti-natalism. Kids were expensive. The planet was dying. Better to travel, hustle, and maybe adopt a cat.

And it worked.

Total Fertility Rate (TFR), 1970–2020 (2.1 = replacement level)

YearU.S. TFRIsrael TFREurope TFRJapan TFR
19702.53.82.42.1
19801.83.31.81.7
19902.02.91.61.5
20002.12.91.51.4
20101.93.01.61.4
20201.63.11.51.3

The trend is clear: below-replacement fertility has become the norm across the developed world. The decline wasn’t organic—it was curated.

Western fertility plummeted below replacement. But instead of reversing course, the system doubled down—with a twist.

Act III: Enter Mass Immigration — The New Population Plan

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But wait—why would they spend decades convincing Western citizens to have fewer children, only to later declare there's a population crisis that must be solved by importing millions of migrants?

Just as birth rates collapsed, elites began importing millions of migrants into the same societies they’d told to stop reproducing.

Governments say it's solving a humanitarian crisis and bringing in valuable workers. Critics called it incoherent. But from a structural lens, it made cold sense:

Suppress Native BirthsImport Labor and Dependents
Delays population power consolidationFragments cultural continuity
Avoids traditional resistance networksIncreases economic dependency
Weakens sovereign identityEnables managerial class expansion

Act IV: So Why Would They Do This?

This isn’t incompetence. It’s design.

A world of low-fertility, high-dependency populations is easier to manage:

  • Less resistance, more compliance
  • No legacy networks to defend
  • Every generation more malleable than the last

Mass immigration fills labor gaps created by fertility suppression, creating a loop that looks like chaos but functions as control.

And as demographic balances shift, so too does political power. Entire regions can be electorally reshaped by changing populations. What looks like democracy is now demographic rigging.

It’s not a conspiracy, it’s demographic engineering, wrapped in humanitarian ribbon, enforced by social shame, and funded by the same institutions that made NSSM-200 possible.

BONUS: If you think immigration is really about helping economic migrants, you MUST watch this short video:

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