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[–] x4740N 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It's fucked that there's even a "replacement level" in the first place

That's so fucking dystopian

Edit: typo

[–] FearTheCron 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's a complex subject that deserves legitimate scientific study. There are known detrimental effects of low fertility rates in a country, but they often take a long time to manifest. However, there are also many examples of horrific consequences of governments trying to affect fertility rate.

[–] akira 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if you can have a baby by buying bottom shelve food products for the last week of a month, what happens if you get twins

[–] rob_t_firefly 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have A Modest Proposal which may help with both problems at once.

[–] jandar_fett 3 points 1 year ago

Fucking well played.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm trying to think of a real world example of government breeding growth that's gone wrong, but I can't think of any.

There's plenty of examples of breeding control that have gone horrific of course. I just can't think of the opposite example.

[–] FearTheCron 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] x4740N 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That Wikipedia article link reminds me of the fucked up thing nestle did with baby formula

[–] FearTheCron 2 points 1 year ago

For sure. Somehow Nestle still pisses me off more though. Corporations that get too powerful are the real danger to us today in my opinion. But they draw a lot of parallels with the old corrupt communist regimes.

[–] x4740N 2 points 1 year ago

The phrase "breeding control" makes me so fucking uncomfortable

[–] Daddydead 2 points 1 year ago

The US seems to be trying a bad option. Rather than offer actual support, they are trying to force it through the guise of morality

[–] solstice 13 points 1 year ago

..It's a really super basic entry level concept in understanding demographics and populations, plus economics, human geography, migration trends, society in general, etc. There's nothing dystopian about it. (Arguably, the fact that people instantly think such studies are dystopic is itself dystopic.)

[–] grissee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it's pretty simple actually, 2.1, a pair to make baby + 0.1 for unforeseen circumstance

[–] DrTeeth 3 points 1 year ago

Royal families have a similar system, though for different motives. it's called "An heir and a spare".