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[–] robocall@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago (32 children)

Anything to help people that want to have children is good.

[–] poopkins@lemmy.world -5 points 9 hours ago (8 children)

That seems somewhat unfair towards people with other interests who aren't being subsidized.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

China is thinking long-term and practical. If they lose their young work-force it won't matter what those "other people" are doing or not.

Someone in China told me once that one of the biggest differences between China and Europe/USA is that in the west we think in terms of years or decades. In China they are making plans for the next several centuries.

This isn't a glowing endorsement of the heinous shit China has done, but it should at least make you understand that this isn't a social welfare program designed to help families as much as the first of many measures to fight the forces that are eroding the power and production capability of other countries. If you want to see how bad it can get, look into what the future holds for South Korea.

years or decades.

Let's face it, in neoliberal democracies we barely think past the next quarter. Next election cycle at the most!

I would love a government with a long term outlook rather than one that is concerned only with getting re-elected or failing that getting a cushy job with one of their "donors" after they leave office

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