The unintended consequence is genocide. When people need permission to reproduce that introduces a convenient method to keep certain people from having kids.
There are some people who just definitely don’t have the wherewithal to be parents. They can barely look after themselves, often they don’t look after themselves.
Part of the test would be to ask if you plan to name your kid after a Game Of Thrones character.
The problem is not reducing population, it’s to have our economic system be able to cope with population reduction instead of just collapsing. Do you think we have any hope of changing it for the better?
Now do kids.
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i think murder is already illegal
There should be, but I expect the unintended consequence is a severe drop in birth rate.
The unintended consequence is genocide. When people need permission to reproduce that introduces a convenient method to keep certain people from having kids.
I think that’s the point.
There are some people who just definitely don’t have the wherewithal to be parents. They can barely look after themselves, often they don’t look after themselves.
Part of the test would be to ask if you plan to name your kid after a Game Of Thrones character.
unintended consequencedesirable effectNot always. See Japan and Korea, for instance.
Let’s hope they figure out how to reduce population gracefully. It’s important to save the planet.
The problem is not reducing population, it’s to have our economic system be able to cope with population reduction instead of just collapsing. Do you think we have any hope of changing it for the better?
We do by working towards post scarcity and transitioning away from capitalism
And if they try to stop it we force the transitioning
We could also just move to space, we have the tech to start this process
There is no need, birthrates are already falling.
But the ones breeding shouldn’t be…
Now do whatnow!? Are we still doing phrasing? That still a thing?