Quote: (09-15-2015 12:14 PM)TheWastelander Wrote:
The state won't die. It'll either import people to replace the ones not breeding and dying off, switch to a system of forced mating and arranged couplings, or maybe use some technological advancement in the future to grow humans in laboratory settings.
They will do this to try to ensure the future does not belong to the conservative religious people who are having tons of kids.
Imagine in 60 years, if the whole sub-replacement birthing trend does not reverse itself, a sparsely populated America full growing of Catholic, Mormon, and Quiverfull Baptist enclaves. They have to know that's what's coming.
The state as a concept won't, but the current trends we live in will.'
Also, it isn't going to socially reengineer things, it's too difficult, too entrenched in the moment, and not smart enough either. The changes occur slowly and cannot be reversed.