[h2odragon]

Or we become multi-planetary; and the latency between planets is enough to let their cultures drift so that we can have the "some subcultures decide to have kids" without the "others repress them".

Dunno if Mars is far enough away for that, tho.

edit: Just imagine the first interplanetary war being fought to bring freedom to Musk's Martian baby factories, which use either artificial wombs or enslaved surrogates as you like.

[ianyanusko]

Good point. Even if we're stuck on Earth for a while, I wonder if the repression he mentions will manifest itself meaningfully. E.g. today, how repressed are the Amish, who have famously high birth rates? Exempt from SS taxes and ACA requirements, few incidents of "outsiders" harassing them, etc. I find it hard to imagine pro-natal subcultures will really feel targeted unless there are other factors at play.

[dosinga]

Do we need multiple planets for this? Already there are sub-cultures who have more children - see https://en.idi.org.il/articles/25385 for example.