Reminds me of this quote from an essay by Roderic Day - “When we proudly assert that we are for the individual over the collective, we’re essentially saying that some people count as people, and some don’t. At the heart of liberalism lies dehumanization; we should not forget that slave ownership was one of the original “individual rights” that was so fiercely fought for by American revolutionaries.” https://redsails.org/masses-elites-and-rebels/
I partially disagree. I don’t think it’s selfish to not want to have children, and I would never want to raise a child in a capitalist society. However, I agree that the “lose 18 years of their lives” part is ridiculous, and the entire comment is written under the assumption that capitalism is the only possible system
Yeah that’s the part I was referring to as selfish; not having kids is a personal choice. I think this comment really got to me because I see my siblings moaning about how their kids are being demanding and I just stare at them and say “they’re three years old”. Pop psychology has people obsessed with self-love at the expense of being a competent adult, where sometimes you have to compromise.
And yeah that is the main problem with that comment it’s just total “we can’t do anything about this”.
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Same, I can barely not kill myself and support my bare existence, if I were to have a child it would mean death to me. I would never have children under capitalism.