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Housing is too expensive, childcare is too expensive. I do not desire to feed the capitalistic beast with more wage slaves: if I have children - it must be bec
by altruios 2y ago
Housing is too expensive, childcare is too expensive.
I do not desire to feed the capitalistic beast with more wage slaves: if I have children - it must be because I can give them a better life than I've had. That will not be the case for the foreseeable future...
- tonymet 2y agothis isn't economics it's philosophical. if you had a reason to live you'd also have a reason to make babies. money would not be a major factor.
- altruios 2y agoThat logic is a non-sequitur. A reason to live has nothing to do with making babies... A reason to make babies is a reason to make babies, a reason to live is a reason to live... maybe some overlap, sure... but the Venn Diagram is far from a circle. There is no ethical consumption (period). If I am to raise consumption in society by bringing another human into it... that cost must be offset. An economically lush environment makes that feasible, the lack of funds makes that less feasible (to the point of impossibility). Cry some more about how 'the poor' aren't filling the factories with their children anymore (since they've wised up) ... /s
- tonymet 2y agoThat’s long winded nihilism.
- altruios 2y agoLet me be clear. Pay me to have children enough for them to live comfortably: I will have children. The reason is purely monetary. More money - more children. Ethics, philosophy, you can argue along those vectors all you want. It will be useless and moot. The answer isn't 'let me change my mind about my opinions about sending a child into wage slavery' the answer is to 'convince me (with money) my child won't have to be a wage slave and having one won't make my family homeless due to financial strains; convince me that my child will have a good life'. You want more children - pay up: 3C7tm5a1UMgsnwGF5GtYQazLxnG9y23v2B - btc address. The answer really is as simple as: more money is needed.
- tonymet 2y agothankfully your great grandparents had better morals than you do
- altruios 2y agoI don't understand this thought. Is being childless immoral in your eyes? If so, why do you thank those that would bear (what you consider to be) an immoral agent into this world... I am seriously confused by this confusing remark. My grandparents had money to raise a family. I don't. Is them having more resources what makes them have better morals? Really: can you spell out explicitly what you are trying to say? The message is confusing, and unclear.
- tonymet 2y agoIf his grandparents were so money driven, the OP would not exist.