I’m struggling with the thought of potentially bringing another person into this world in the future.

Things are so bad already and on track to get worse. Why, with this knowledge, should I have a child? Why should any of us?

I’m not asking this to be some overpopulation crazy eco-fascist but I just genuinely am wondering (and have an open mind) about what the actual implications are of bringing a child into the world right now.

By 2050 it’s pretty broadly agreed upon that things will be HORRIBLE climate wise and even worse if capitalism isn’t defeated soon. 2022 + 80 year potential life span is 2102. What will it be like then?

Why not adopt one of the billions of climate refugees instead?

I don’t know, maybe I’m way out of touch but I just can’t think of a reason to damn a child to a life like that.

  • Camarada Forte@lemmygrad.mlM
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    2 years ago

    First you imply that children would be raised just for that, but I mentioned that in the context of the struggle for a better world, of course we shouldn’t raise children based on our own projections, and should always treat our children first and foremost as human beings.

    Second, you imply in “just for the communism” that the struggle for a world without exploitation is a small and irrelevant thing. Again, this is a struggle for the future of humanity, if you will have children, why not arm them with the tools to accomplish that? The struggle against exploitation is an inter-generational one, the tasks we are doing now will be the basis for future struggle