Why would any young people want a kid in the US? No healthcare, no paid leave, hospital bills, college tuition in the 10000s minimum, can’t afford a home, can’t get time off from work to spend with the kid, and a plethora of other reasons
The earth's future is bleak for comfortable living. I can't imagine wanting to roll the dice on having a kid that could live 60+ years. The earth in 2081 is a scary thing to think about
I worked directly with kids of all ages for over a decade (until Covid hit). I think they're great, but I also am mindful of climate change
yeah once you have that kid the increased financial burden and time suck will definitely allow you to do a lot of organizing for our future, like a whole lot
I think our generation is growing up believing that due to their predicament and political climate, we have nothing to look forward to. It's a void. If we manage to improve the world somewhat I think the generations growing up in that world can see the joy and importance of raising the new generation. If not, why bother at all? Just accelerate into our collective doom then. By the way, I think our views of child raising is extremely recent and toxic. I think the way it used to be, a child being effectively raised by the community is something we lost to capitalist alienation. The mother raising one or more children alone while the father slaves away at work? And nowadays, both parents that slave away with barely any time or money to raise their kids. It's just regressive I think.
Why would any young people want a kid in the US? No healthcare, no paid leave, hospital bills, college tuition in the 10000s minimum, can’t afford a home, can’t get time off from work to spend with the kid, and a plethora of other reasons
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The earth's future is bleak for comfortable living. I can't imagine wanting to roll the dice on having a kid that could live 60+ years. The earth in 2081 is a scary thing to think about
I worked directly with kids of all ages for over a decade (until Covid hit). I think they're great, but I also am mindful of climate change
antinatalism is the petite bourgeois version of family planning that Lenin hated.
have you tried organizing for our childrens future?
I don't really care what Lenin hated, I'm talking about the Earth currently and the trajectory it's on.
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I think a more honest representation of the position is, "it's gonna be hard and I don't want to sign an unborn child up for that"
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lol, you are just determined to take anything said in bad faith
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lol
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yeah once you have that kid the increased financial burden and time suck will definitely allow you to do a lot of organizing for our future, like a whole lot
I can barely feed myself let alone a child
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someone is going to have to lead the wasteland guerillas that ambush the Ameri-mechs in 2081 :amerikkka: :posadas:
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That's a really sad and cynical outlook tbh.
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I think our generation is growing up believing that due to their predicament and political climate, we have nothing to look forward to. It's a void. If we manage to improve the world somewhat I think the generations growing up in that world can see the joy and importance of raising the new generation. If not, why bother at all? Just accelerate into our collective doom then. By the way, I think our views of child raising is extremely recent and toxic. I think the way it used to be, a child being effectively raised by the community is something we lost to capitalist alienation. The mother raising one or more children alone while the father slaves away at work? And nowadays, both parents that slave away with barely any time or money to raise their kids. It's just regressive I think.