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>But if you're all that matters? If your scorecard is measures in dollars or followers or something else that dies with you? This sounds like a strawman. Many
by jlokom 3y ago
>But if you're all that matters? If your scorecard is measures in dollars or followers or something else that dies with you?
This sounds like a strawman. Many people don't want to have kids for different kinds of reasons (personal objectives, couple style of life, they don't like kids, etc). You seem to have a very low opinion of people that don't want to have kids and, on the other hand, a very high opinion of people that do have kids.
- smeej 3y agoAll those things you listed do sound like "you're all that matters" to me. The personal objectives, the lifestyle, or the dislike of children, are all primarily self-referential. What do I want? How do I like living? Who do I want to be around? Those do all die with you. People who prioritize any of those are highly unlikely to have children, regardless of the availability of artificial wombs. I would certainly rather people be honest about the situation if they are at the center of their own reality. Better to admit that and not have children than bring children into it to try to fool people. I don't even judge them for it. Our whole world is geared toward fostering that mentality. It would be hard not to be. I'm just saying it doesn't lead to parenting a replacement number of children like believing you're contributing to something vastly greater than yourself does.