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> because they're not spending their wealth and time raising the next generation Adoption (providing care for children that are already there), education (prov
by pgeorgi 8y ago
> because they're not spending their wealth and time raising the next generation
Adoption (providing care for children that are already there), education (providing a better future for children that are not your own), foreign aid (providing a future for children that live in poor regions) are all ways to raise the next generation without contributing to the population count.
- AnthonyMouse 8y agoThey are also all things that require altruism directed toward complete strangers, which on average people are much less inclined to do in practice than doing the same for their own children. Even high-minded people who think well of themselves and donate money to such charities -- hardly anybody gives as much to the charity as parents give to their own children.