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You shouldn't, of course we could limit couples to replacement rate of birth, if that's 2.1 for couples or 1.05 for individuals, they could sell a fraction or a
by wavefunction 13y ago
You shouldn't, of course we could limit couples to replacement rate of birth, if that's 2.1 for couples or 1.05 for individuals, they could sell a fraction or all of their "right to reproduce" to people who want to have 3 or more kids.
- greedo 13y agoSure. China loves the One Child policy. No horrible side effects at all. Social engineering like this is fraught with huge risks.
- wavefunction 13y agoIt makes perfect sense that 2 people should be able to replace themselves with 2 people. Nobody said 1 child policy, plus I mentioned a market for people who don't want to have kids selling off their "rights to reproduce." Your response is simplistic and doesn't even outline any of your concerns about what I've posted.
- greedo 13y agoTrying to control people's reproductive rights goes against eons of human nature and evolution. And creating a "market" where you can sell these rights sounds like a horrible mash of Ayn Rand and Huxley.
- penguindev 13y agoAnd the real problem was they didn't adopt a two child policy a few doubles ago. (Basically the US is in the same position - we have the same landmass as china, but 1/4 of the population)
- ihateloggingin 13y agoRight. Let's starve them out. That's not social engineering!