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The sad truth is the scenario you describe is not that different from what has been done in countries like China. The difference here is that China had an irra
by TomOfTTB 18y ago
The sad truth is the scenario you describe is not that different from what has been done in countries like China. The difference here is that China had an irrational desire for male children.
Where as here there might be a rational reason for the Government to step in. So the very scary scenario that forms is one in which a parent's right to reproduce as they desire is pitted against a governments understandable need to keep society moving forward.
At least, that's what I'm afraid it might come to.
- philwelch 18y agoBy some accounts, the history of politics consists of a conflict between individual rights and the public good.
- dantheman 18y agoor some notion of public good, which historically has resulted in the death of millions. As soon as a country gives up on the concept of individual rights, it seems death follows.
- philwelch 18y agoI like to think of it as a conflict between different sets of individual rights, such as your right to swing your fists about and my right to an uninjured nose. But there are some tragedy-of-the-commons cases where this model doesn't work out.