It’s ficked that there’s even a “replacement level” in the first place
That’s so fucking dystopian
It’s a complex subject that deserves legitimate scientific study. There are known detrimental effects of low fertility rates in a country, but they often take a long time to manifest. However, there are also many examples of horrific consequences of governments trying to affect fertility rate.
if you can have a baby by buying bottom shelve food products for the last week of a month, what happens if you get twins
I have A Modest Proposal which may help with both problems at once.
I’m trying to think of a real world example of government breeding growth that’s gone wrong, but I can’t think of any.
There’s plenty of examples of breeding control that have gone horrific of course. I just can’t think of the opposite example.
Take a look at the Wikipedia header on National efforts to increase or decrease fertility.
it’s pretty simple actually, 2.1, a pair to make baby + 0.1 for unforeseen circumstance
…It’s a really super basic entry level concept in understanding demographics and populations, plus economics, human geography, migration trends, society in general, etc. There’s nothing dystopian about it. (Arguably, the fact that people instantly think such studies are dystopic is itself dystopic.)