College student jerry says disease, natural disasters, and even war serve a greater purpose. his friends say his views are offensive, and jerry replies, "but i'm a malthusian! " along with thomas malthus, jerry believes that the benefit of problems that wipe out large number of humans is that:

The right answer is "the decreased pressure on the food supply reduces starvation and misery". What Jerry tries to explain, he likes the theory raised by Thomas Malthus, this theory indicates that the population remains stable thanks to natures disasters or wars, because without them their growth would be rampant and there would not be enough food for all. So, these are necessary for the existence of the human being.