Malthus speaks from the view of a controlling government or other system in which the individual is a contributor to the social system and everything is gauged on the ability to produce. This is where the whole idea of 'progress' comes from, with the implied expectation that we must always be looking to improve or at least change the current situation. The real reason for the constant change is because those who hold all the power maintain that power by reaping more from the system than everyone else through constant impositions that are dressed as 'progress'. It's a rigged system and we've been subjected to it for too long, thanks to the Illuminati cum Deep State.