• rglullis@communick.news
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    • 1990: “wow, the ozone layer is getting destroyed. Who knows if we might have a planet. Might be better to not have kids”
    • 1970: “wow, life is more expensive than ever and the world might end in a nuclear war. Might be better to not have kids”
    • 1950: “wow, we just got out of the war and will need to rebuild the whole continent. Might be better to not have kids”
    • 1800: “wow, I spend 15 hours a day working in a factory and I can barely sustain myself. Might be better to not have kids”.
    • 1400: “wow, I have back-breaking work in a farm and all of it goes to some king and I will never see. What is the point of this? Might be better to not have kids.”
    • inlandempire@jlai.lu
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      1 year ago

      Indeed, anyone can make up quotes about anything, without providing any substance to a discussion.

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        If you need it spelled out for you, I’ll help: life was never easy, but it never stopped people from stepping up to it and taking the responsibility for it. That includes having kids. Being “afraid of having kids” because of some external issue seems like a bad excuse from people who just don’t want to accept the responsibility.

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          Saying it’s our responsibility to have kids it’s implying it’s our responsibility to endlessly expand and multiply. That is the domain of viruses and creatures that exceed the environmental carrying capacity of their species