As are we all - once the demographic decline begins, there appears to be no stopping it. Perhaps only Ceaucescu Romania managed to reverse demographic decline?

As are we all - once the demographic decline begins, there appears to be no stopping it. Perhaps only Ceaucescu Romania managed to reverse demographic decline? And he did it by banning contraception, never mind abortion, leading to the notorious orphan crisis in '80's and 90's. We probably can't do this w/o a full spectrum refactor of society - what work is, how to do status competition, how do we do assortive mating - all has to change, or revert to pre-industrial modes