1) Welcome to Planet Idiot. 2) What you propose for population-reduction is fine except that it wouldn't be adhered to. That is why I suspect that there will be a number of events designed to reduce the population drastically over the next few years.
People are reproducing like rats now and those who run the world are going to do something about it. Stay tuned ...
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.