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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by wavefunction on Thursday July 11, 2013 @02:24PM (#6028039)
You shouldn't, of course we could limit couples to replacement rate of birth, if that's 2.1 for couples or 1.05 for individuals, they could sell a fraction or all of their "right to reproduce" to people who want to have 3 or more kids.
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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by greedo on Thursday July 11, 2013 @04:03PM (#6028789)
Sure. China loves the One Child policy. No horrible side effects at all.

Social engineering like this is fraught with huge risks.

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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by wavefunction on Thursday July 11, 2013 @06:50PM (#6029800)
It makes perfect sense that 2 people should be able to replace themselves with 2 people. Nobody said 1 child policy, plus I mentioned a market for people who don't want to have kids selling off their "rights to reproduce."

Your response is simplistic and doesn't even outline any of your concerns about what I've posted.

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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by greedo on Friday July 12, 2013 @09:21AM (#6032407)
Trying to control people's reproductive rights goes against eons of human nature and evolution. And creating a "market" where you can sell these rights sounds like a horrible mash of Ayn Rand and Huxley.
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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by penguindev on Friday July 12, 2013 @12:41PM (#6033565)
And the real problem was they didn't adopt a two child policy a few doubles ago. (Basically the US is in the same position - we have the same landmass as china, but 1/4 of the population)
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Re:Trends that will create demand for an Unconditional Basic... by ihateloggingin on Saturday July 13, 2013 @06:17AM (#6037200)
Right. Let's starve them out. That's not social engineering!
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