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This seems rather inconsiderate of all the people who would like to have children but decide they can't or shouldn't because of the cost.
by James_Henry 6y ago
This seems rather inconsiderate of all the people who would like to have children but decide they can't or shouldn't because of the cost.
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- 542354234235 6y agoIt isn't inconsiderate because I am not talking about actual living people and the problems they have or the suffering they may be experiencing. They are conscious and are worthy of our concern. What isn’t worthy of concern is the abstract idea of “X number of would be people” because those aren’t actual living things, they are just a concept in someone’s head about a possible alternate reality where these hypothetical people could have existed. 8 thousand, 8 million, or 8 billion hypothetical imaginary children mean less than 1 real child. But the suffering of 8,000 real people that could not have a child that they wanted would be worthy of concern. The concept of the possible child, in and of itself, is not. Otherwise every month would be a genocide of “would be children” lost to the menstrual cycle.