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> It's China's one child policy, but applied globally, through economics and social dynamics. Ironically, they repealed that policy because it was having a neg
by arvinsim 5y ago
> It's China's one child policy, but applied globally, through economics and social dynamics.
Ironically, they repealed that policy because it was having a negative effect.
> Make children extremely expensive so that only the elites can have multiple children.
Another irony since it's the elites that tend to not have many children, not the poor.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoFunnily enough, childbirth is intrinsically expensive for a woman in terms of costs to their health and time, so simply giving women financial independence and birth control methods (IUD/pills/condoms) will drive down the birth rate regardless of other variables.