You should not.
That’s a very small minded view of the picture. Also not really a microblog
A: Yes / No
Q: Should you advocate for others to do the same?
A: …
The OP’s problem: “Should I read the name of the community I’m posting this in?”
OP posted this to the wrong community and fucked off. If I modded a community, a rule would be that OPs need to interact in the comment section. Otherwise they’re no better than a bot spamming shit
I have never wanted kids myself but there’s something particularly insufferable about avid anti-natalists like OP
There’s something insufferable about the majority having kids always getting advantages for it and then the rest not even being allowed to joke about or criticize it.
Everyone benefits from it. We need people to have kids so those kids can grow into adults. If I live to 80, I sure as hell don’t want my doctor to be 80, too.
Governments subsidizes parenthood because it’s expensive as fuck. I’m fine with that. I don’t feel like I should be compensated for not having to raise a child…the reward is my free time and money.
Having a kid is fine. Having two kids is also fine. I only have a problem with people pumping out a dozen they can’t afford to raise…and even then, it’s not because my tax dollars will pay for them - it’s because those kids aren’t being given a good life.
There was never a chance of kids not happening.
I want to do plenty of expensive things. Where’s my subsidy? Then being expensive isn’t actually a reason. “We all benefit” is a hypothetical truth but what I see day to day is at work half the office taking hours off per week and flashing the kid card and no one questions it.
If your expensive thing benefits society then there’s a good chance you can find a government subsidy for it. If your expensive thing is for leisure, your analogy is silly.
Those are two separate problems. If we weren’t forced to work 40 hours a week to survive, parents wouldn’t have to take off so much time. If we lived in a more communal society that raises children together, the same would be true.
Look at what’s happening in countries where the birth rate is too low - the fear of depopulation is not unfounded.
If your expensive thing benefits society then there’s a good chance you can find a government subsidy for it
Even before the US government was being dismantled in favor of the rich, this was certainly not true.
Look at what’s happening in countries where the birth rate is too low - the fear of depopulation is not unfounded.
Many children do not benefit society, just as a cold hard fact.
I don’t know, I don’t think I’d have any issues with this at all if 1) jokes could be made 2) I also got some level of privilege without needing to give up my life to have children.
It’s been my experience that the only thing more cringe than antinatalists are natalists.
If you mean people like that dork couple advocating for white people have tons of kids, yeah I’m totally with you.
The only reasonable campaign is Responsible Natalism.
spoiler alert: yes.
