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Do you mean they might vote for forced reproduction to combat collapsing birthrates?
by EnigmaFlare 2y ago
Do you mean they might vote for forced reproduction to combat collapsing birthrates?
- gedy 2y agoNo, there'll be no need to force if people who prioritize low fertility are gone in a few generations. Those left will be ones who don't.
- techjamie 2y agoHow many generations is "a few?" Contraceptives have been used for thousands of years, and people still want to do the boogie without the baby. The Romans literally picked a plant to extinction that was, reportedly, a very effective contraceptive that would allow reproduction once it was stopped. Ancient Egyptians had a mix that utilized crocodile dung because croc dung has spermicide qualities. I don't want to know how they figured that out.
- gedy 2y agoMy comment is not saying "contraceptives = bad", just commenting on the irony of OP saying "next generations" having even more reproductive freedom when many countries are below replacement levels of fertility even before new techniques like male contraceptives. To your point, he effectiveness of modern contraceptives is far beyond croc dung and the peoples who used them in past had much higher fertility levels than modern users.
- EnigmaFlare 2y agoAssuming high fertility is something that's passed down from your parents. What if it's just poverty that causes it? In that case, people will get poorer until they reach high-fertility levels of poverty. That would be a disaster to have western civilization collapse.