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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

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

That's so fucking dystopian

Edit: typo

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The phrase "breeding control" makes me so fucking uncomfortable

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years 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.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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