there's really not any good solution here. the sort of thick society that would have used somewhat coercive pressures to discourage her from getting pregnant doesnt exist anymore. government programs are worse than useless
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this is a stable choice in that it requires no energy inputs. it also has the obvious downside of lots of people leading awful lives. it might be optimal in the sense that theres nothing to be done anyway, cant deny that
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one criticism levered was that older societies were also not particularly good at dealing with this problem and pointed to things like Magdalene laundries and such its a real problem! i guess am not proposing this as a solutionhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_Laundries_in_Ireland …
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later Progressives were fond of and really even defined by their advocacy for eugenics eg, see Buck v Bell (1927), regarding forced sterilization. it has never been overturned incidentally I do not favor thishttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_v._Bell …
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more what actually seems to work is what the Mormons have done in Utah. see
@asymmetricinfo's nice piece on thishttps://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=5111151&itype=CMSID …Show this thread -
regrettably I would hate living in this kind of social environment but as I age I see the appeal on the current margin
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Problem is, socially conservative policies ignore economics. Outside the economics of the USA in the Long Fifties, the idea that you can push people into socon lifestyles is wishful thinking. And remember, the Long Fifties burned themselves out very quickly.
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Tbh every capable chooses, for him or herself, whether they will isolate themselves from their neighbors. This is not part of a set of choices that can be presented to the dumb people but only an obligation we can shirk or accept.
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*every capable person* I mean
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