The only thing consistent in China’s schizophrenic approach to population control over the last century is this: central planners, not individual families, get to choose.
Sprinkled in this column are a couple of comments on why these extreme measures weren’t widely adopted in the U.S. For me it comes down to our Constitution and Bill of Rights. Those founding documents have proven the test of time and history as some of if not the greatest governing documents in history.
Beware of those trying to change or circumvent them. Planned Parenthood decided to do an end run around with population control via abortion. Radical progressives are talking about how the constitution is outdated and should be replaced. Biden saying “no right is absolute”. When a political party or radical wants to change these principles, what they really want is more control over your lives.
“In the last 80 years China has swerved from pro-natal sentiment, to anti-natal sentiment, to anti-natal policy, to pro-natal sentiment, and likely to pro-natal policy soon,” wrote economist Peter Jacobsen.
My late good friend Dick Vaughan, after a term in state government, came up with a rule we called Vaughan's Law:
"There will always be a government, but nobody knows how to run a government."
One might say whatever one does abut our incompetent royal mobsters, but will that dissolve their persistent structure or quiet the coverage of their clamorous planning?
Population Bomb was required reading in my college courses in the 70’s. I was totally skeptical, and none of his dire consequences were true; never came to fruition. Now Bill Gates and WHO are pushing this same crap!
Once again, China's one-child policy is yet another prevailing example why "trusting the experts" is a very, very bad idea. It kind of reminds me of Kate L. Mary's Beyond Trilogy, where The Society dictates how many kids each set of mates (one male and one female who are paired based on being genetic matches) can have. Some families are in the one-child cycle and others, two children. Either way, the concept is similar.
"some of the most powerful institutions in the West — the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, the Swedish International Development Authority, and the Rockefeller Foundation — began advocating forced sterilization, a policy supported by Ehrlich."
Of course, we could start taxing to the hilt such institutions and maybe that would be better than screaming "Tariff" all the time.
We could also go after the war mongering think tanks as well (CFR etc.) and balance the budget.
Sprinkled in this column are a couple of comments on why these extreme measures weren’t widely adopted in the U.S. For me it comes down to our Constitution and Bill of Rights. Those founding documents have proven the test of time and history as some of if not the greatest governing documents in history.
Beware of those trying to change or circumvent them. Planned Parenthood decided to do an end run around with population control via abortion. Radical progressives are talking about how the constitution is outdated and should be replaced. Biden saying “no right is absolute”. When a political party or radical wants to change these principles, what they really want is more control over your lives.
“In the last 80 years China has swerved from pro-natal sentiment, to anti-natal sentiment, to anti-natal policy, to pro-natal sentiment, and likely to pro-natal policy soon,” wrote economist Peter Jacobsen.
My late good friend Dick Vaughan, after a term in state government, came up with a rule we called Vaughan's Law:
"There will always be a government, but nobody knows how to run a government."
It is easy to understand the proper operation of government once one realizes that it is, as Rothbard contends, "organized crime writ large,"
Or could one say, "disorganized crime writ large?"
One might say whatever one does abut our incompetent royal mobsters, but will that dissolve their persistent structure or quiet the coverage of their clamorous planning?
Population Bomb was required reading in my college courses in the 70’s. I was totally skeptical, and none of his dire consequences were true; never came to fruition. Now Bill Gates and WHO are pushing this same crap!
Once again, China's one-child policy is yet another prevailing example why "trusting the experts" is a very, very bad idea. It kind of reminds me of Kate L. Mary's Beyond Trilogy, where The Society dictates how many kids each set of mates (one male and one female who are paired based on being genetic matches) can have. Some families are in the one-child cycle and others, two children. Either way, the concept is similar.
The demographic collapse narrative of the 21st century looks an awful lot like the demographic explosion narrative of the 20th century.
"some of the most powerful institutions in the West — the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, the Swedish International Development Authority, and the Rockefeller Foundation — began advocating forced sterilization, a policy supported by Ehrlich."
Of course, we could start taxing to the hilt such institutions and maybe that would be better than screaming "Tariff" all the time.
We could also go after the war mongering think tanks as well (CFR etc.) and balance the budget.