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> Be careful to not reproduce in excess Or, alternatively, reproduce abundantly and use your children to make alliances with families that actually do matter.
by rudrigu 10y ago
> Be careful to not reproduce in excess
Or, alternatively, reproduce abundantly and use your children to make alliances with families that actually do matter.
You're advocating having few children in a thread related to Saudi Arabia, a kingdom whose founder had 20+ wives and some 100 children. That is how all the warring clans in the Arabian Peninsula were united and pacified: by marriage.
- imron 10y agoBut we're not talking about pacification, we're talking about maintaining wealth within the family. An inheritance split between 100 children, and then split again between their children a generation later is going to run out pretty quickly. Even if it's only 4-5 children per person it will run out within a few generations.
- rudrigu 10y agoThat is a matter of wealth preservation. What about wealth creation? How much Saudi wealth is there without stability and security? Also, why should all children inherit equally? Marry the daughters into wealth, and make sure only capable sons inherit.
- imron 10y ago> and make sure only capable sons inherit. In an ideal world, that's a great idea. In reality, see above about camels, Mercedes and Lamborghinis.