Bust also, they got one of their #1 policy goals achieved
Nicolae Ceaușescu famously rejected the standing Soviet position on abortion in hopes that he could goose his country's population growth. A number of social scientists have commented at how the subsequent generation of Romanians was adamantly against the Ceaușescu government, ultimately leading to counter-revolution and his own trial and execution.
The whole Quiverfull theory of politics is completely divorced from the material conditions of the population it creates. All the homeschooling and indoctrination in the world won't keep a subsequent generation from rebelling in the face of deplorable quality of life. Neither will it ingratiate you to the modern day population that was subjected to your draconian enforcement.
Nicolae Ceaușescu famously rejected the standing Soviet position on abortion in hopes that he could goose his country's population growth. A number of social scientists have commented at how the subsequent generation of Romanians was adamantly against the Ceaușescu government, ultimately leading to counter-revolution and his own trial and execution.
The whole Quiverfull theory of politics is completely divorced from the material conditions of the population it creates. All the homeschooling and indoctrination in the world won't keep a subsequent generation from rebelling in the face of deplorable quality of life. Neither will it ingratiate you to the modern day population that was subjected to your draconian enforcement.
to be fair, I’d want to execute someone who took away my bodily autonomy as well