Meanwhile, in Washington...

[roseembolism]

Well, looks like the Sad Puppies have their very own congresscritter. So you see, THIS is what happens when you let children read Heinlein at a formative age. Make 'm read Ursula K. LeGuin, N.K. Jemisin, and Anne Leckie instead.

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[heron61]

From Texas naturally. If it wasn't for the fact that it would screw over all of the reasonable people who couldn't move, I'd be for allowing the entire South to secede from the US and form their own small hellish nation.

[roseembolism]

I"m not sure I want a rogue nation with the ability to make nuclear weapons on our border.

[sakon76]

Heinein is creeeeeeeepy. I read Podkayne of Mars when I was too young to get it, and then Time Enough For Love in high school when I was old enough to get it, and the enthusiastic incest made sure I never picked up another of his books.

[roseembolism]

It's interesting the generational and gender disconnect with people's reactions that story. I know a number of people who are otherwise liberal feminists, who honestly don't see any problem with that story.

[conuly]

What a strange argument. Obviously the solution is to send 40 women and a shitton of frozen embryos and sperm. Each woman agrees to bear at least three children from some combination of embryos and frozen sperm - and you take steps to keep the f:m ratio as high as possible. The next generation of young women is strongly encouraged to use more donor sperm and carry more embryos to term, in addition to having children the other way, thus maximizing your genetic diversity.

Because 20 couples is just not enough to avoid a serious bottleneck effect, even if you pick them *really carefully*.

So I guess it's all for the best if those 40 women are all lesbians...?

[roseembolism]

This question has been addressed elsewhere.

[conuly]

LOL.

Though seriously, the more I think about it, the more worried I am about that population bottleneck. Even with frozen embryos and a carefully cultivated group of incubators women, it all goes off the rails in the next generation if they don't also agree to continue with this careful not-quite-breeding plan. More thought is clearly necessary.