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/

  • TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.ml
    3·
    2 years ago

    I 100% agree. I’m still young and won’t even be considering having children for a bit - but at the moment I can’t see myself having them for the same reason as you.

    *I am in America and will be in the center of collapse in a few years, it would be totally different if I were in China.

    • GloriousDoubleK@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 years ago

      Yep. Im almost 40 and cant begin to imagine how awful it absolutely is going to be for people being born now and coming into their teens.

      I know y’all out here insisting on revolutionary optimism and I can respect the grind. But we ARE going to face a handful of apocalypses and state collapses in our lifetimes. This shit IS GOING to happen because we arent in any position of power to do anything about it.