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It is amazing/scary how wide the gulf in comprehension between the parents and non-parents of the world is becoming. Both groups can reasonably argue the other
by fidotron 3y ago
It is amazing/scary how wide the gulf in comprehension between the parents and non-parents of the world is becoming. Both groups can reasonably argue the other is being selfish as part of some core moral failing, and both seem to consider their choice of group membership to be the universal cure to the woes afflicting the other.
Then you have those who genuinely have no choice stuck in the middle of this nonsense.
Ultimately society is going to have to accept some higher proportion of people being childless than in the 19th century, and work out how to maintain an appropriate balance that enables everyone to have a shot at actually leading a fulfilling life without the moralising in either direction getting to critical mass.
- bitshiftfaced 3y agoI wonder if it would really play out that way. I was surprised just how many personality traits were apparently genetic when I learned about the "lost identical twin" cases. Only the children who received their genes from their "selfish" parents will make it to the next generation, so I wonder how sustainable a down-trending population will be in the long run.