• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Crazy to compare the modern day to the Great Depression and pretend you’re doing someone a disservice by raising them with love and care.

    You talk about hellfire when it has literally never been better to be alive.

    Of course, the Western quality of life has taken a stumble. We’re slipping back into 1980s levels of prosperity from a civilizational peak.

    But the real horror of the future is knowing Americans won’t be on top. Why bring another American into the world if they’ll be no better than someone from India or South Africa or Brazil? Might as well just end it here. Die Now!

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      1 day ago

      I pray and wish America isn’t on top. I hope it collapses and never recovers.

      That isn’t my reason for not having kids, it’s climate change and the global rise of fascism. The US is a factor, yes, but not the only factor.

      Also, personally, and many will disagree, there is no real reason to have kids.

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      1 day ago

      The real horror of the future is climate change, which is usually the first thing people cite when questioning if it’s a good idea to bring kids into the world at all.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        You could have said this about nuclear war 40 years ago, or the Holocaust 40 years before that.

        As it stands, a few online gooners swearing they’ll never make babies with their Canadian girlfriends is a moot point.

        But the “I’ve made the logical decision to choose not to have children” line is largely cope in a society where people who do want kids struggle so hard