https://www.reddit.com/r/childfree/comments/z91yj0/was_ebenezer_scrooge_really_the_bad_guy_because/

  • chickentendrils [any, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    I do understand being child-free, but someone has to reproduce or else everything start breaking down in major ways...

    I know Scrooge is literally too old for this to matter, but he's the stand-in for the capital class in general. Even in the horrific worldview of capitalism, you need more people to do the work and buy the shit to make you richer.

    • hi_communism_im_dad [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I wake up every morning and drink my coffee out of a world's best dad mug, but I definitely understand not wanting, having, or even liking children. But I cannot imagine going on to reddit dot com and cynically jerking myself and others off over the decision to not have them, just very strange.

      Someone on here mentioned some twitter fighting about children in public spaces, and I would be fine with it if every person who has posted on r/childfree has to under house arrest indefinitely.

      • Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        communities like childfree pop up because people get relentlessly harassed by family to have kids they don't want.

        communities like childfree become like childfree because the people who need the outlet are the ones suffering that harassment. It's like how the most organized and militant atheists are from very religious areas because they're the ones who actually have to deal with bullshit whereas i haven't had a person assume I was religious or be shitty to me directly on the basis of religion in years.

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I think the comparison with internet atheists is apt. Some are lashing out because they're being persecuted. Some, however, are just loud contrarian assholes.