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> This works without kids. If you have kids, then typically you desire to give them the best available options Let me quote you one of my favorite posts: "You
by 1996 6y ago
> This works without kids. If you have kids, then typically you desire to give them the best available options
Let me quote you one of my favorite posts: "You say 'I can't do XYZ because I have kids and a mortgage?' - well maybe you should have thought about the long term ramifications of your actions."
- claudiulodro 6y agoLong term ramifications like the continued survival of the human race or a working economy when you're old and retired? It's in society's best interest that a reasonable amount of children are born each year.
- 1996 6y agoYou certainly know the concept of externalities, like pollution. If you don't, it's like how fixing your car exhaust brings you very little personal benefits. But if nobody did, smog would make your life miserable. Kids are just the same - except the other way around! So personally, when I'm old and retired, I plan to depend on the work your kids (and the kids of other people who also generously considered the "continued survival of the human race") while in the meantime maximizing the benefits that come from the freedom of not having kids. You may not like this freeloader spirit, and governments generally encourage people to have kids by various means ("working economy, GDP growth and all that are important after all!). But as it's not illegal to "abstain" from the rat race, I do not care much :)
- malinens 6y agoThis can backfire for you later. Read about what older people think about life choices... rarely who say they are glad they don't have children...