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?
How is that bad? Less pollution and garbage, no need for as much housing (thus dropping house prices), no need for as many stores, vehicles, resources.
And less shitty parents, less homeless people, less crime. I see that as an absolute win.
Alright, I should have prefaced this with “I assume society is working, there is no racism, corruption, non-cis non-hetero people have sufficient rights, and the government is working as intended.”
The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 was amended to ban XL bully dogs in February 2024 unless an exemption certificate is held. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66775985
Definitely think owning dogs should require a license and a test of some sort like driving a vehicle.
Can’t control a 120lb dog? Class B license instead of Class A license.
Only allowed to buy dogs under 100lbs.
Don’t understand how feeding and training works? No license for you.
Licenses for being able to own non-fixed animals as well. Being able to breed dogs and cats needs to come with way more responsibility as well.
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
How is that bad? Less pollution and garbage, no need for as much housing (thus dropping house prices), no need for as many stores, vehicles, resources.
And less shitty parents, less homeless people, less crime. I see that as an absolute win.
It TOTALLY won’t be structured in a way to keep people of certain classes unrelated to child rearing ability from essentially reproducing at all.
And this is why we can’t have nice
thingsdemocracy.Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
https://time.com/4192760/hitler-munich-excerpt/
It was almost 100 years ago, but yeah, everything leads to Hitler eventually.
No… no. Not everything, but rhetoric like in your comment.
You’re literally cheering on eugenics, with a false hope of what it would achieve.
Alright, I should have prefaced this with “I assume society is working, there is no racism, corruption, non-cis non-hetero people have sufficient rights, and the government is working as intended.”
Of course, unfeasible right now.
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?
The UK used to have dog licences, but they were abolished in 1987. https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP98-6/RP98-6.pdf
The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 was amended to ban XL bully dogs in February 2024 unless an exemption certificate is held. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66775985
What if a dog grows over 100 american freedom units (lbs)
I’m assuming the fact that dogs grow would probably be accounted for in the license. It’s a well documented phenomenon.