• stephen01king@lemmy.zip
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      8 months ago

      There should be, but I expect the unintended consequence is a severe drop in birth rate.

      • Soggy@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        The unintended consequence is genocide. When people need permission to reproduce that introduces a convenient method to keep certain people from having kids.

        • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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          8 months ago

          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.

          • Pretzilla@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            Let’s hope they figure out how to reduce population gracefully. It’s important to save the planet.

            • stephen01king@lemmy.zip
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              8 months ago

              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?

              • x4740N@lemmy.worldOP
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                8 months ago

                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

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              8 months ago

              We could also just move to space, we have the tech to start this process