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Under what conditions do governments have a responsibility to curb overpopulation?
Many governments face problems of underreproduction and overreproduction. Some governments promote fertility, such as Japan and Armenia. China famously had a one-child policy to curb fertility.
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Have any large governments had any explicit 'we won't assassinate opposing government leaders unless they do X' policies?
The general rules are that assassinating of leaders of a country are a no-go for any modern country. partially because of the extreme retaliation that would result, partially because you open the ...
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How can one check whether tax money is being effectively used by the government for improving a nation?
Often people are critical of what they consider to be excessive taxation. Are there any measures to actually check if they are excessive? What are indicators to check as to whether government is ...
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Where is information stored, that shouldn't nessecarily be stored in law but still needed in government [closed]
A law is defined as:
the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
Where ...
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Why governments are against "producing" people in artificial wombs? [closed]
Many countries and regions have demographic problems, including all of Eastern Europe, Germany, Russia, and Japan. The reason - low birthrates and/or emigration to more developed countries.
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What is a successful policy against lobbying in a democratic country?
The US government is drowning in lobbyist that undermine the democratic power of the people in favor of wealthy corporations/oligarchs. My question is: are there any significantly successful policies ...
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Does a best or most optimized system exist?
People have diverse views about what they think is moral, what economic policy is the best, what legislation is good, etc. But all of these views are opinions. By sharing our opinions, (most) people ...
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Why are Kinder Surprise Eggs illegal in the USA?
In the USA, Kinder Surprise Eggs are banned by the government. What is the reason?
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Why are South Korean content/censorship laws so strict?
I am from South Korea, and in my country, graphic content laws are extremely strict - so strictly enforced that the following events had happened:
19+ filter on Google and YouTube
Government blocked ...
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Why did political parties form in the United States?
In George Washington's "Farewell Address", the first President specifically warns about the dangers of political parties. He admits that people tend to naturally align in groups, but also warns that ...
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Why do countries encourage nationalism?
Coming from the subcontinent I was raised to love and defend my country no matter what (e.g. in discussions always say that no matter what my country did not do anything wrong).
I am now living in ...
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how are governments approaching the "bathroom laws" globally? [closed]
The discussions on the various bathroom laws in the usa got me thinking:
Q: how do other countries or governments manage folks' desire to go into the bathrooms of opposite sex?
In the United States, ...
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Would it be possible to implement a policy that forbids promotion of brands in media?
I mean to forbid any kind of promotion of brands in mass media.
A society might want to forbid advertising because they see it as a practice that costs a lot of resources, but doesn't meaningfully ...
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Are there any proposed systems of running the government like a corporation?
Has there ever been a legitimately proposed system whereby either the entire government or the executive branch of it was run the way a corporation is usually supposed to - more specifically, with set ...
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