• BaptizedNRG [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Already raising a revolutionary.

    Malthusian thought is reactionary.

    • metallicyarn [any]
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      4 years ago

      This one right here, I see this over and over again in western left circles, Engels pwned Malthus in Anti-Dühring, Marx saw its flaws, why can't we? Avoid having kids because you don't want to or can't, not because you're afraid of the future. Yes, with climate change is going to be ugly, but if we give up and collectively die how can we fight against it? Life is full of unknowns.

      • KasDapital [any]
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        4 years ago

        If we're not raising the next generation of socialists who will?

        • PlantsRcoolToo [any]
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          4 years ago

          What's malthusian about it? Malthusianism is about lowering birth rates, antinatalism is a philosophical position about the morality of bringing conscious life into existence.

          A lot of people here seem to not like antinatalism but also seem to know very little about it....

          • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            The implications of believing reproduction is an immoral thing definitely won't lead to malthusianism. No sir. So way are those things that go hand in hand.

            • PlantsRcoolToo [any]
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              4 years ago

              Correct they don't.

              Hold on. What do you think malthusianism is?

              • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                Antinatalism is a tool that can be used in mathusian practice. An attempt to make a moral argument against reproduction. Antinataliam is secular abstinence.

                • PlantsRcoolToo [any]
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                  4 years ago

                  You are correct it's a moral argument against reproduction. I'm confused about what make it abstinence? It's abstaining from having kids I guess...