Less developed countries can best argue that developed countries are primarily responsible for overpopulation problems because

A. Less developed countries were many times impoverished by colonialism
B. Developed countries grow most of the global food resources
C. Less developed countries have no population-based environmental problems
D. Less developed countries have recently drastically reduced their fertility rates
E. Developed countries do not understand a global society


Answer: A

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