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China's fertility rate drops to record low 1.09 in 2022 (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Romanian tried this, and it went poorly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_770

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yup, one of the most fascinating videos I've ever seen was on the subject- fertility rates did go up, but all the kids ended up getting raised by orphanages that abused the shit out of them.