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This is a very backwards and dangerous view of the situation. You are making a speculation that your children will become a high-functioning adults that will b
by tryingtogetback 5y ago
This is a very backwards and dangerous view of the situation.
You are making a speculation that your children will become a high-functioning adults that will be capable to produce more than they consume.
Overpopulation (as a real danger to our planet) aside, people who are opting out from having children are statistically highly educated and more successful (produce order of magnitude more than they consume) meaning that goal and career oriented individuals are feeding your children at this very moment altruistically (without any guarantees of payback from your children when they reach adulthood).
- sparrish 5y agoAre you saying one highly-educated, successful life will produce more than me, my children, their children, their children's children...? That's crazy talk.
- tryingtogetback 5y agoThat is exactly what I'm saying. How many individuals are currently on welfare? Majority is living on and consuming the goods that were produced by highly-educated and successful people without children. The further we, as a society, distance ourselves from basic, primitive instincts (like reproduction) the more advanced we become (which is not simple or easy at all, it requires significant cognitive effort (goals, deliberate education, atheism) Most of the pleasures that you enjoy in modernity were delivered to you by high-functioning, educated adults without children, while your children have a very high chance of becoming consuming individuals who habitually take advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.