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/
The absolute dehumanization of children: “baby needs, child fits and teenage angst”. That’s a human person who bleeds the same way you do. My childhood suffering was real and had such an impact that I feel it to this day. I wasn’t less of a person back then for being young.
Redditors have some respect for your fellow human challenge (IMPOSSIBLE, 100% FAIL).
That’s a great point - there is a real lack of empathy for younger people in western society. Older people as well btw.
Hyper capitalist, individualistic culture has lead to this point. It’s very sad. Imagine if most people actually had the time, energy, and resources to spend time collectively caring for others (especially children, the elderly, disabled, etc).
Yes. The selfish idea that because I don’t want to be a parent then all children are leeches. Personally, the idea of me becoming a parent is disgusting. That has no impact on the fact that children exist outside of my personal life. It’s surprising how everyone forgets that they were children once.