TEN BILLION SPACE COLONISTS

Ladies and Gentlemen, I don't believe things will get as repressive as
you are imagining.

First, let me point a few things out.

In order for us to understand what might happen in the future, we must
look to the past to see what happened with similar movements.

First of all, the big colonies in the New World were established by the
so called 'represive religious groups'. Catholics in New France.
Puritans in New England and like minded others throughout the lesser
colonies that followed. People who wanted to fool around stayed in
europe just as those like minded today are likely to stay on earth.

They're committed to reproducing themselves. New Life and New
opportunities are bound to inspire a Baby Boom regardless of who it is.

The birthrate is often a guage of public confidence and individual
committment though sustained birthrates reflect a spiritual core.

Those few not sharing this drive who do move up among the colonies
either fleeing from creditors or angry ex partners are not going to
effect those groups. They might even convert to become members not out
of coersion but simply out of loneliness. Or they may just Grow Up.
The need to belong is really quite strong.

As economic opportunties improve and present themselves and as the new
society developes its ideology, coersion won't be necessary. People are
going to want to have more children especially as living space becomes
more and more available.