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Most people can't imagine what a world without ageing would be like, and they can't want what they can't imagine.
Less ageing, people still dying from starvation, diseases, wars -- should be easy to imagine.
Ironically, if you would cast a magic spell that makes everyone on the whole planet stop ageing at 30, the situation in undeveloped countries would probably remain similar. It's the developed countries that would have a problem.
In the long run, Malthus wins.
With birthrates of 1.5 children or less per woman that might not be true.
If a population has an average birthrate of 1.5 children but a small subset, say Amish or Hasidic Jews have a much, much higher birthrate, then in the long-run the population birthrate will likely be much higher than 1.5.
The Amish are a problem that's quite separate from curing aging. They likely wouldn't use it.
A population with a high birth rate grows exponentially even without curing aging.