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Why do you assume they have children? Not everyone choose to have children and frankly, that's a great decision. I'm a parent but I subscribe to the feeling tha
by hluska 5y ago
Why do you assume they have children? Not everyone choose to have children and frankly, that's a great decision. I'm a parent but I subscribe to the feeling that instead of assuming everyone has/wants kids, we should praise people who don't.
- FooBarBizBazz 5y agoI started out assuming they had kids, but I did catch myself: > Ah. I've left out the obvious option: You don't have kids, and don't plan to? Yes, that's their business. My problem isn't with their personal decision per-se. It's that today's myths ("the glorious and independent startup founder") encourage people to make sacrifices that they may not think about until it's too late. I think most people who chase the startup dream will regret it. I also think that there are other people, not founders on average, who benefit from these myths. So they should be treated with suspicion.
- novok 5y agoChildren are a public good that funds everyone's retirement, no matter your political system and the people who don't have kids are basically free riders in the end. In a libertarian perspective, the young create growth in the market that the ownership old use to fund their retirements, and in a socialist perspective, they create a tax base of income that the government uses to fund the retirements of the old.