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Are you saying one highly-educated, successful life will produce more than me, my children, their children, their children's children...? That's crazy talk.
by sparrish 5y ago
Are 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.