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I really can't see it as a problem. This can and of course, because there are so many nations in the world, will without doubt be fixed by a rather small and co
by anovikov 3y ago
I really can't see it as a problem. This can and of course, because there are so many nations in the world, will without doubt be fixed by a rather small and comparatively insignificant step to authoritarianism - on the historical scale of calamities of the XX century with Nazis, Commies, Mao, Pol Pot and whatnot - completely insignificant. Probably even less distressing that a relatively trivial Trump and his loyal "red hats" story.
Governments will simply hire women to have children and pay them for that. There are so many poor women, especially many of those who missed their chance to get married due to perceived overabundance of men brought by Tinder - by the time they are ready to settle, it's too late and the government will be right there to offer an alternative.
There is no objective issue with fertility. If there is, IVF is a well-debugged and cheap technique that easily scales. Nothing prevents these women from having 6-10 children for a living. Economy won't crumble from that either, costs are easy to calculate and completely acceptable. It can be compensated by withdrawing all other benefits, tax breaks and support to families, because that won't be necessary anymore.
Surely when some country starts doing it first, it will be met with outrage. But then a question will hang in the air - what do we do next? Bomb them? An idea too awkward to even suggest. Just let them make a quantum leap in development over everyone else simply for being too uppity? Also a hard sell. Eventually everyone will have to adjust their value system and do the same. It will be a much much smaller step to the right to make than say, legalisation of gay marriage we all just witnessed, was a major step left. It doesn't even mean directly breaking anyone's rights. Not nearly as bad as say China's one-child policy.
- sillywalk 3y agoIs this satire?
- anovikov 3y agoI quite seriously don't see a slightest problem about it. It will be cheaper than most welfare states' spending and it will create enough people to make another forms of welfare unnecessary: economic growth will provide enough to old generation through stocks appreciation, and fierce competition will force young generation to learn and develop skills. It's the numbers game after all.