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To those who suggest "don't have kids": if everyone who cares about saving the planet followed your advice, what would the voting population look like a couple
by chrisweekly 5y ago
To those who suggest "don't have kids": if everyone who cares about saving the planet followed your advice, what would the voting population look like a couple decades from now? I say instead, have children and raise them to be the kind of ethical, courageous, well-educated leaders our future so desperately needs.
- toomuchtodo 5y ago> To those who suggest "don't have kids" I would also accept "pay people to not have kids", similar to how some countries pay people to have kids [1] [2] [3] [4]. Not having kids has value, and hence those who choose not to should be compensated appropriately. EDIT: @EForEndeavour: People who have children receive tax credits and benefits simply for having them (US centric) and their future impacts are externalities. [1] https://qz.com/200728/what-countries-around-the-world-give-their-citizens-for-having-children/ https://qz.com/200728/what-countries-around-the-world-give-t... [2] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carte_famille_nombreuse https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carte_famille_nombreuse [3] https://www.france24.com/en/20130611-why-french-women-make-more-babies-fertility-austerity-welfare-reforms-france https://www.france24.com/en/20130611-why-french-women-make-m... [4] https://www.vhemt.org/bbbounty.htm https://www.vhemt.org/bbbounty.htm
- EForEndeavour 5y agoIn a way, people are already "paid" not to have kids, since kids consume enormous amounts of time and money.
- crummy 5y agowhat about heavily promoting contraception?
- chillwaves 5y agoJust promote education and economic opportunity for women. They will consequently have less kids and later in life.
- birksherty 5y ago> what would the voting population look like Less humans will surely make more effect than any of other things you do. You can just adopt instead and raise them.