[marssaxman]

How do you get from the resurrection of corveé labor to an increased birth rate? I don't see the connection. If anything, I would imagine that taxing people's time as well as their money would only make the burden of parenthood feel heavier.

[unethical_ban]

It wasn't directly about increasing birthrate, it was about dealing with decreasing birthrate.

If we have fewer people to operate society, we may need to conscript ourselves into being useful to the rest of our community.