Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
I still think if people could be happy with just one or two children, many problems would solve themselves.

The biggest problem in the way of one child however, seem to be poverty, and to a lesser extent emotions and traditions. The wealthy parts of Europe already do shrink without immigration, even though some families still get 5 children. They're just not enough. As far as I am aware, in poorer countries children are often a retirement plan and one that can die away, too. So people have more incentives to get many children. That money is a factor can also be seen in countries where girls may later require payment(s) to the husband and abortions of girls are very high.

One could assume that if we solve poverty, we may reach the top of a bell curve almost naturally...
How do you distribute wealth equitably so as to bring this about? Would you take human rights into account? How about self determination?