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I have a hard time thinking of a policy of killing off the excess babies as "flexible". Kind of the opposite, actually.

Worse, because it's totally unnecessary.



Oh. Sorry. I never meant to say we should kill people. I am simply saying that in the absence of public support for a social net for all, we should at least guarantee a social net for the first born for everyone regardless of their background or social status.

I never meant to imply that we will actively terminate any living being for the mistakes/crimes of its parents. Under the n -- current proposal is n = one -- child policy, it will be a crime to have more than n children and not be able to afford a minimum standard of living for them. You'll have to be really careful should your circumstances change in the future. While this will hurt some people in the short term, I believe people will be better off than they are today.




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