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Do you think people choose to have kids out of obligation to "Society?"

• TulliusCicero 12y ago
  Most don't, obviously. He's still right, though: kids financially benefit the wider society, but most of the initial costs are borne by the individual parents. And since statistically speaking, having kids doesn't make you any happier (and at least temporarily makes you less happy), having kids does seem rather irrational on its face.
• lutusp 12y ago
  In a word, yes. Let me remind you of the meaning of "proletarian". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proletariat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proletariat Quote: "... children—proles (from Latin proli, "offspring")—were listed instead of their property; hence, the name proletarius, "the one who produces offspring"." In Rome the proletariat were nothing less than baby factories. Many were completely indoctrinated in this role, regarding it as their duty. And this class has existed, with different names, to the present.