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originally posted by: paraphi
originally posted by: john666
1 child policy in China has been largely abolished.
Er, no it has not. The Chinese authorities only relaxed the draconian measures in 2013 (I think) to allow two children where a parent was a only child. The one child policy is alive and well and is far from being "abolished".
Just trying to help to keep the facts straight.
Regards
"If you count the so-called ripple effect and echo effect, it could be endless," Cai tells io9. Within 200 or 300 years, the population of China could "diminish very dramatically," with the population being cut in half if current trends continue. Usually, population experts consider 2.1 births per woman the minimum amount needed to maintain a stable population size, so China's rate of 1.5 per woman is one-third below "replacement level."
This means every generation is smaller than the last, and the number goes down exponentially. Thus, even if the one-child policy has had a less dramatic effect than the Chinese government likes to claim, it could have a huge effect in the next century.
A general population decline, around the world, might not be a bad thing, since "we have enough people to go around," says Cai — but if the trend continues too long, "that's a different story."
Then there's the rapidly aging population. Some sources say a quarter of China's population will be over 65 by 2050, but Cai believes it could be as high as 30 percent. Hesketh also sees China suffering economically as its labor force shrinks due to the lingering effects of the policy. "They couldn't have predicted they would need a huge labor [supply] of young men" to work in factories, she notes. "China could lose its competitive edge because of the lack of young people."
originally posted by: john666
That however doesn't change the fact that Chinese population is STILL growing.
originally posted by: john666
a reply to: MarlinGrace
I said that the ELITE wants as many as possible bio-mechanical units, because they want to increase their own processing power.
But another thing could be in play.
Maybe humans of the future - being part of a transhumanist hive mind - will be much more susceptible to extreme pain and therefore the elite is going to have more "fun", in torturing them.
You may think, that I am "going overboard", with this, but keep in mind that cyber bullying has dramatically increased with the advent of Facebook, and other "social media".
So maybe, full blown transhumanism, is the next step in torture.
originally posted by: john666
Yes, but the ELITE with it's huge arsenal of weapons of mass destruction hasn't tried to drastically reduce world population.
The only logical reason why this hasn't happened, can only be that the ELITE - contrary to "mainstream" conspiracy theories - is not trying to depopulate humanity.
For those of you who believe in the depopulation story, how do you explain this "failure" of the ELITE?
originally posted by: IkNOwSTuff
Using Star Trek as proof of anything is utter nonsense, if it had of been Star Wars I may have thought differently.
Bloody Trekkies