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It always gets a bit fascist to go down this path - but it is at least intellectually interesting.

One way to subsidize parents is to give free child care. As a bonus, the government get to decide exactly how these kids are being raised.

But yeah, it is a material investment for the society to take - which is likely why we have seen the cost of kids being transferred to the parents (and lower birth rates).

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> It always gets a bit fascist to go down this path - but it is at least intellectually interesting.

Can you elaborate on what you mean here? Having well-raised kids is fascist? Which part did you mean?

Imposing structures on who and how can raise kids. Almost all western countries have scars around this.

Deciding who is going to raise children well implies deciding who can raise children implies deciding who can have children. It’s a pretty straightforward line.

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