In any long term colony, with hard constrained resources, a lot of individual rights will have to fall below the collective requirements. The collective needs will have to supercede the individual. It’s a classic “Tragedy of the commons” situation, otherwise.
Mandatory pregnancy is likely not one of them however. More likely mandatory birth control, with all pregnancies being planned. There will also likely be strong incentives to widen the gene pool.
E.g. A couple might be allowed 1 child by default, with additional requiring either that they already have a useful level of general diversity, or that doner eggs or sperm are used.
Even simple financial incentives could achieve the same effects, if done right.
Not necessarily true. Presumably there would be a terms of service you’d know about before takeoff. And any of it could easily be voluntary rather than mandatory.
Yes. Nonetheless, I'd like to direct you to watch a scene in the series It's always sunny in Philadelphia named "the implication" and try to apply it to Mars.
Then science better get going on artificial, external wombs. A lot of people would be overjoyed to be able to have kids without the physical risk of pregnancy, and the technology seems like it’d be mandatory for true colonization efforts
Lath@kbin.social 1 year ago
So, note for any women looking to colonize Mars, your womb will belong to the colony.
cynar@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In any long term colony, with hard constrained resources, a lot of individual rights will have to fall below the collective requirements. The collective needs will have to supercede the individual. It’s a classic “Tragedy of the commons” situation, otherwise.
Mandatory pregnancy is likely not one of them however. More likely mandatory birth control, with all pregnancies being planned. There will also likely be strong incentives to widen the gene pool.
E.g. A couple might be allowed 1 child by default, with additional requiring either that they already have a useful level of general diversity, or that doner eggs or sperm are used.
Even simple financial incentives could achieve the same effects, if done right.
NABDad@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Those of you women living in U.S. red states will be familiar with the feeling.
Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not necessarily true. Presumably there would be a terms of service you’d know about before takeoff. And any of it could easily be voluntary rather than mandatory.
Lath@kbin.social 1 year ago
Yes. Nonetheless, I'd like to direct you to watch a scene in the series It's always sunny in Philadelphia named "the implication" and try to apply it to Mars.
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Each person sent costs a fuckton of fuel. Do you think they’d waste it on someone who will not contribute to expanding the population?
AmidFuror@kbin.social 1 year ago
That was the point. It can be like voluntarily giving up rights by joining the armed services.
IonAddis@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Then science better get going on artificial, external wombs. A lot of people would be overjoyed to be able to have kids without the physical risk of pregnancy, and the technology seems like it’d be mandatory for true colonization efforts