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On 20/01/2025 12:15, Adrian Tymes asked :<br>
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<pre>So if the traditional method of increasing population is petering out,
what's the path to substantial numbers of artificially-gestated,
state-raised kids?</pre>
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Communism, I'd guess (the dystopian, de-facto kind, not the
idealistic theoretical kind).<br>
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After all, who would want substantial numbers of
artificially-gestated, state-raised kids? Certainly not the genetic
parents. But certain kinds of states definitely would. I can see the
Chinese Communist Party regarding this as a brilliant solution to
the declining population in mainland China. It would be perfect for
raising large numbers of totally indoctrinated little pink
disposable workers/soldiers, with no parents to oppose or object to
it. They are already the biggest manufacturing centre in the world,
so it wouldn't take much, once the technology exists, for them to be
the biggest manufacturing centre of 'ideologically-correct' people
in the world. And they could be 90% male (the other 10% would
provide eggs for the next generation, as well as sex slaves for the
party members).<br>
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It would also clear the way to completely wipe out little problems
like the Uighurs and Tibetans, Democracy activists, and all others
who oppose The Party in even the smallest way.<br>
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And of course, it would mean the totally loyal, unthinkingly
obedient population of communist china was increasing while the
population of the rest of the world was decreasing, which would only
be a good thing in the eyes of people like Xi.<br>
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In which case, we can all wave a tearful goodbye to the concept of
an abundance economy. and give a terrified hello to a life of war
and brutal slavery, topped off with an early death.<br>
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Ben</pre>
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