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This is one aspect of my belief that Western society, especially that in North America, is crumbling before our very eyes and yet with each piece that hits the
by cmdshiftf4 6y ago
This is one aspect of my belief that Western society, especially that in North America, is crumbling before our very eyes and yet with each piece that hits the ground, instead of seeing concern we're hearing "PROGRESS!".
As part of a couple now considering bringing children into the world, the absolute shitshow that I predict the West to be constantly embroiled in 20 years from now when they would be adults is something that's weighing heavily on my mind.
- jeffreyrogers 6y agoShouldn't people like you be having more children? If society is really crumbling, we need more people who have the right ideas about how to rebuild it. I'm not being sarcastic by the way. I imagine we have similar concerns about Western civilization.
- cmdshiftf4 6y agoAbsolutely. On the one hand, having a comparatively large family (3 kids) and raising them well would be one very strong thing one could look at on one's deathbed and be comforted by knowing you did your part to help. On the other hand, there's something morally uneasy about bringing children into something you know to be broken. As we correctly recognize, children won't fix a damned relationship and bringing them into one can harm them long term. It sort of feels like that but on the macro scale. All that being said, we are leaning on the side of having a large (as above) family, but it doesn't come with an uneasy feeling.