Re: (tranlation) Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-Mo

In article <vreqff$155k7$1@dont-email.me>,
Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

On 3/19/2025 9:10 AM, James Nicoll wrote:

Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-Mo
 
The Dream Future Pilot Communal Apartments is a bold attempt to
address South Korea's negligible birthrate. In exchange for new
homes in an invigorating rural setting, certain conditions need
to be met.
 
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/babies-forever
 
Technically, not SF or even futuristic but sufficienty dystopia-
adjacent to be of interest.

>
If one agrees that demographic collapse is a real problem, then
eventually we're going to see governments addressing it.
>
On the dystopian side, one could see a ban on contraception, or
even worse, compelled childbearing.
>
More acceptable would be making bearing and raising children
highly subsidized and promoted. Turn it into a viable and secure
career choice. This would be expensive, and perhaps funded by a tax
on the childless-by-choice.
>
There's a zillion ways this could go, but I expect we'll see
something in the coming decades.

Unsurprisingly, there's prior art in the field of natal encouragement.
Romania's Decree 770, for example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_770

Mentos produced a memoriable ad extolling Singaporeans to celebrate
National Day by making babies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jxU89x78ac


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