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It just always seemed like a curse to me to only be able to ponder such a very very short small & local set of considerations. I think it's amazing that our spe
by jauntywundrkind 3y ago
It just always seemed like a curse to me to only be able to ponder such a very very short small & local set of considerations. I think it's amazing that our species can take such grander views. Having children seems to truncate that perspective enormously.
Still want kids, still excited for this future. But man, I think most kids would have much better lives & grow up to be better more interesting people if the parents & adults didn't have to make such enormous sacrifices, if there was some spare capacity left over. And I think capitalism & the world we live in today is especially draining & enmiserating in this way.
- golol 3y ago> And I think capitalism & the world we live in today is especially draining & enmiserating in this way. When was it bețter exactly?
- nprateem 3y agoWhen child-rearing was a communal activity supported by friends and extended family.
- laborcontract 3y agoYou need to have a lot of kids for that to happen.
- ssnri 3y agoUnpopular opinion: parents get tax breaks, extra paid time off, and plenty of social leeway for blocking sidewalks with strollers / crying babies on planes, etc. Please don’t ask for more. We who don’t have kids have our own problems. As George Carlin put it: “speaking as a mother, …”