The 1 child policy really does not get enough criticism. Just judging it by itself it tiptoes far too close to genocide and at the least is firmly authoritarian. What’s more, it has amplified a massive humanitarian crisis in the making. It is a slow-played massacre of the sparrows. But with people.
Very sad that we all just shrug and grant that it’s some prerogative of government. Oh we can have 3 kids now? What a benevolent government.
yeah it's unfortunate that in their drive to plan and centralize everything they overlooked that the reasons why people have kids are not at all economical or even rational anymore. Unlike some type of steel or concrete, you can't just build a child factory and flip a switch to catch up on the 5-year plan. Although who knows, if they really put their mind to it, maybe some kind of massive propaganda campaign like "if you're not having children you are betraying your country" may work? who knows.
Very sad that we all just shrug and grant that it’s some prerogative of government. Oh we can have 3 kids now? What a benevolent government.