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Sorry, didn't mean to say that. I meant to say A birth rate of 1 is a Ponzi scheme. But really it is a game of chicken to force our society to act. I don't thi
by mcny 8y ago
Sorry, didn't mean to say that. I meant to say A birth rate of 1 is a Ponzi scheme. But really it is a game of chicken to force our society to act.
I don't think you're considering how flexible my policy is... As we have more will, we can increase the one child policy to two or even three. All it takes is increased funding.
- beat 8y agoI have a hard time thinking of a policy of killing off the excess babies as "flexible". Kind of the opposite, actually. Worse, because it's totally unnecessary.
- mcny 8y agoOh. Sorry. I never meant to say we should kill people. I am simply saying that in the absence of public support for a social net for all, we should at least guarantee a social net for the first born for everyone regardless of their background or social status. I never meant to imply that we will actively terminate any living being for the mistakes/crimes of its parents. Under the n -- current proposal is n = one -- child policy, it will be a crime to have more than n children and not be able to afford a minimum standard of living for them. You'll have to be really careful should your circumstances change in the future. While this will hurt some people in the short term, I believe people will be better off than they are today.