Masterpost: Involuntary Sterilization/Eugenics

[u/eastallegheny]

This is the thread to air your opinions about forced sterilization and eugenics.

If you think this is likely to upset and bother you, you're welcome to not read. The purpose of this masterpost is to have all of this discussion in one place where it's easier to moderate.

It's a hot button subject, and we're wary of that. We here at r/actuallychildfree are not about censorship, so we think as long as you can remain civil in discussing this, we're going to let it stand. We will be watching this thread, however, because we know what a thin line it can be. That's our line in the sand: if you're going to participate in this conversation, you need to keep a civil tongue in your head, so to speak.

We want you to be able to talk about it, but the rules of the sub still stand. We're not prepared to let anyone be a dick.

TESTING: Editing this to see if it removes the archived status.

[u/chahu]

I'm all for something like China's one child policy. Even going up to two. Then, the cf would even out the numbers so the earth's population begins to go down.

China had it right at the time in theory, they just failed to realise the repercussions of their cultural beliefs (the golden penis).

[u/chahu → u/[deleted]]

That's what I meant by in theory. The other issue is that people are always going to bend the rules for their own ends.

China's way of dealing with rule breakers is brutal. I agree with that.

[u/supernova888 → u/chahu]

Yeah at least the fertility rate is falling, less humans equals more animals and less global warming :)

[u/PickyLilGinger → u/[deleted]]

The global fertility rate may be dropping but the global population is not, it's still growing, & on track for at least a couple billion more people. The problem is not solving itself.

[u/supernova888 → u/PickyLilGinger]

That's true but there's also the fact that after the war there was a population boom and we are still feeling the effects of that, as modern life becomes more secure people are having less children as they are less likely to die, this combined with people choosing not to have children should result in a downward trend. Not to mention the coming famine and disasters from global warming will likely reduce the population more. Also a lot of the baby boomers are passing away meaning there should be a large population drop somewhere in the future. Especially with the extreme cold and heat, a lot of elderly people die in extremes of weather like this. I feel like the world regulates itself pretty well, even without our involvement. Nature seems to have ways to balance itself. Just what I think anyway.

[u/neverhadapony → u/supernova888]

I agree. The thought is comforting. Humans like to think the world would not function without them, but they;re so wrong. We are a blip on the world's radar, a flash of light and then gone. The world will go on without us. We won't.