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/
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.