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Honestly that strikes me as a pretty fucked up and self-serving reason to have children. You should have kids because you want to create new life, and support
by mock-possum 1y ago
Honestly that strikes me as a pretty fucked up and self-serving reason to have children.
You should have kids because you want to create new life, and support them as they become the best humans that they can be - not because you’re scared of dying alone.
- Der_Einzige 1y agoYour worldview is even worse. At least I'm honest in my egoism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Never_to_Have_Been https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Never_to_Have_Been https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benatar%27s_asymmetry_argument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benatar%27s_asymmetry_argument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Mov...
- mock-possum 1y ago> antinatalism, the philosophical position that coming into existence is always a harm > a decrease in the human population would prevent a significant amount of human-caused suffering Ridiculous. Without coming into existence there is nothing anyway - by that logic, coming into existence is always a pleasure too, it’s always a joy, it’s always a triumph and a fulfillment. Existence is always existence, nothing is always nothing. It’s a useless tautology. If you’d rather be nothing then give up on living. I’m perfectly happy existing.