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[–] x4740N 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 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.

[–] 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

[–] x4740N 2 points 1 year ago

The phrase "breeding control" makes me so fucking uncomfortable

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