There's an argument for making it mandatory for both parents to take time off work when they have a baby. A rather tricky argument, admittedly, but something along those lines. (View Post)

Yes, some people don't care how much damage they do; for them it's all worth it if it upsets the right people. (View Post)

Thee is also the fact that in our world of extreme specialisation, we need to maintain a critical number of people of various talents in order to sustain our modern civilisation. We need to have chil… (View Post)

Our remaining reserves are insignificant compared with those possessed by Russia and Saudi Arabia. Squandering our reserves now will only hand more power to those countries with large reserves in the… (View Post)

Yes, that's exactly the case - it is a vicious circle. (View Post)