Chinese society has developed at basically breakneck speed - the only reason the population really tolerates and supports the government is that that it has overseen and secured this rapid development, prosperity, and stability

a war would wipe all of that out in a few years

i am way too black pilled about this stuff lol.

there's just no reason for it

I'm fine with leaving china to it's own devices, within it's own currently established borders ofc

https://youtu.be/T2go3D9qyOQ

the Chinese government maintains power through a tacit bargain with its population to ensure security and prosperity

the prosperity of China is dependent on its export economy

like all state authorities

china needs to sustain it's own population somehow, but the baby policies are just messed up. how do you even get a fine line between population growth and isolation at the same time. it's such a massive task.

the United States, aside from being China's biggest customer, controls international sea lanes

there is no way, in a Great Powers War, that the United States would permit its opponents to engage in sea trade

without sea trade, the economy of China will collapse

in the past, wars would thin out the population. now we can't do that.

we need an epidemic

california can help with that

epidemic is not good enough, it kills pretty indiscriminately

I hear the black death is back

if only the earth would find a way to shake off the fleas. lmao. man i am way too negative. 😄

this problem would be extremely easy to deal with if you had the right government

yes, and theres no shortage of rats either

*right* government implies a perfect government

the solution to the original problem is obvious - a government controlled eugenic breeding program

and people have known it since the 19th century

that that was the solution

but that is so far off

my god

we've had a period of liberty and that time is reaching it's limits.

our governments are engaged in active dysgenics

on a massive scale

on multiple fronts

`paradigm shift 2070`

You don't even have to have a "breeding program" if you just have a system where quality men rise in social status.

not really nerth, selection mechanism became dysgenic after the industrial revolution

Liberty and Individualism seem to be good for periods of expansion, particularly expansion of human society and civilization into previously uninhabited or underutilized land

basically low population density = liberty and individualism will succeed

i remember some dude on this chat said there should be a lottery system for breeding. i think that came from like isaac asimov or something can't remember.

just wanna grill for g*d's sake

the extra material in the gene pool came from weak/poor individuals that became capable of surviving

it appears to fail at high population pressure

lmfao a lottery